CDC Report Showed Mixed Results Combating Food-Borne Illnesses In 2014.

“To Your Health” that a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday indicates that while some progress has been made controlling some food-borne illnesses in 2014, “more work remains to be done with others.” The data showed that 71 people died and over 4,400 were hospitalized in 2014 due to food-borne illnesses, with one in six Americans becoming ill each year from contaminated food. Listeria was the most dangerous food-borne illness in 2014, but also the most rare, while salmonella was the most common with 7,452 cases. Overall, “salmonella rates remained roughly unchanged,” while “campylobacter infections rose 13 percent.” the CDC report did show that incidents involving a particularly dangerous strain of E. coli had declined 20 percent in recent years, which health officials attribute to “regulatory scrutiny of the beef industry” and “voluntary changes in the produce industry.” Although the report only studied data from ten states, it “is believed to be a good indicator of national trends.”