It’s easy to take for granted that the food we eat and the water we drink is safe and healthy.  Several recent high-profile outbreaks of foodborne illnesses, however, are a reminder of how critical food safety is. CDC estimates that nearly 48 million Americans contract a foodborne illness each year. Of those, 128,000 people are hospitalized annually, and 3,000 people die. So, who is tasked with keeping our food and water safe? And what happens when a foodborne outbreak does occur? In this episode, we hear from a food epidemiologist with Minnesota’s department of public health about how foodborne outbreaks are investigated and a personal story from someone who got sick from a foodborne illness. Join us! For more information and full episode transcripts, visit <a href= "https://www.cdcfoundation.org/conversations" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">cdcfoundation.org/conversations</a>.   Episode Quotes “It's really a team sport, solving these outbreaks. And if you take out any piece of that team, you're not going to get to the answer.”  -     —Joshua Rounds, MPH, senior epidemiologist in Minnesota Department of Health Foodborne Diseases Unit   “I was incredibly impressed with the level of care and the systems that were in place to obviously solve the mystery, beginning with the hospital who made the report and the sending off my samples and so forth. I didn't realize that was happening behind the scenes.”  -    —Cindy Ligon, artist    Episode Credits Claire Stinson: Host Maya Kroth: Producer David Snyder: Editor Emily Bucherati: Graphics and web design Erin Norvell: Social media Katie Johnstone: Social media   Thanks to Our Guests Joshua Rounds, MPH, senior epidemiologist in Minnesota Department of Health Foodborne Diseases Unit Cindy Ligon, artist   Join the conversation on social: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdcfoundation.org%2Fconversations" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Share on Facebook</a>   <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdcfoundation.org%2Fconversations" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Share on LinkedIn</a>   <a href= "https://twitter.com/CDCFound" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"> View on Twitter</a>  <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/cdcfound" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"> View on Instagram</a>

<description>&lt;p class="paragraph" style= "vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; It’s easy to take for granted that the food we eat and the water we drink is safe and healthy.&lt;span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; Several recent high-profile outbreaks of foodborne illnesses, however, are a reminder of how critical food safety is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="paragraph" style= "vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; CDC estimates that nearly 48 million Americans contract a foodborne illness each year. Of those, 128,000 people are hospitalized annually, and 3,000 people die. So, who is tasked with keeping our food and water safe? And what happens when a foodborne outbreak does occur? 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And if you take out any piece of that team, you're not going to get to the answer.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraph" style= "text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;- &lt;span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"&gt;     —&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;em style= "mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif;"&gt;Joshua Rounds, MPH, senior epidemiologist in Minnesota Department of Health Foodborne Diseases Unit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif;"&gt;“I was incredibly impressed with the level of care and the systems that were in place to obviously solve the mystery, beginning with the hospital who made the report and the sending off my samples and so forth. I didn't realize that was happening behind the scenes.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraph" style= "text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style= "mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;- &lt;span style= "font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;"&gt;    —&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;em style= "mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif;"&gt;Cindy Ligon, artist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif; 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Emily Bucherati: Graphics and web design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; Erin Norvell: Social media&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; Katie Johnstone: Social media&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif; color: black;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif; color: black;"&gt;Thanks to Our Guests&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Tahoma', sans-serif;"&gt;Joshua Rounds, MPH, senior epidemiologist in Minnesota Department of Health Foodborne Diseases Unit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 12pt; 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50. Behind the Plate: Keeping Our Food Safe

50. Behind the Plate: Keeping Our Food Safe

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