FDA Releases Cyclospora Prevention, Response and Research Action Plan

Constituent Updates Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition  FDA Releases Cyclospora Prevention, Response and Research Action Plan July 1, 2021 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a Cyclospora Prevention, Response and Research Action Plan that outlines FDA's strategy for reducing the public health burden of foodborne cyclosporiasis in the United States caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis (C. cayetanensis) in both domestically grown and imported produce. Cyclosporiasis is a foodborne intestinal illness caused by the parasite C. cayetanensis. The number of reported cases of cyclosporiasis in the US has been rising in recent years, likely due in part to better diagnostic testing methods. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been roughly 6,000 reported domestically-acquired cases of cyclosporiasis over the last 3 years. The number of reported cases typically rises during the spring and summer, from May through August.  Read the Full Update View Past Updates Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe All  |  Help This email was sent to ooseims.archieves@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. Food and Drug Administration ·  10903 New Hampshire Ave · Silver Spring, MD ·  20993-0002 ·  1-888-INFO-FDA