The First Step in Identifying a Foodborne Outbreak… PulseNet

Posted on August 1, 2009
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The road to last month’s cookie dough recall started when CDC scientists reviewed information collected through PulseNet, a national network of laboratories that perform DNA “fingerprinting” of foodborne bacteria like E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Listeria. These fingerprints are plugged into a database that CDC and its state partners routinely scan.

Source:The First Step in Identifying a Foodborne Outbreak… PulseNet

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