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Below are citations to scientific literature organized by year. Some of these citations include a link to the article. You will be leaving the FSIS website when you follow some of these links.

  • Duong, M.; Shumaker, E.T.; Cates, S. C.; Shelley, L.; Goodson, L.; Bernstein, C.; Lavallee, A.; Kirchner, M.; Goulter, R.; Jaykus, L. A.; Chapman, B. 2020. An Observational Study of Thermometer Use by Consumers When Preparing Ground Turkey Patties. Journal of Food Protection. Volume 83, Issue 7.
     

  • Johnston, J., Duverna, R., Williams, M., Kishore, R., Yee, C., Jarosh, J. 2020. Investigating the Suitability of Semicarbazide as an Indicator of Preharvest Nitrofurazone Use in Raw Chicken. Journal of Food Protection, Vol. 83, No. 8, 2020, Pages 1368–1373.
     

  • Mamber, S., Mohr, T., Leathers, C., Mbandi, E., Bronstein, P.A., Barlow, K., Silverman, M., Aston, C., Izsak, Y., Saini, N.S., LaBarre, D., Minocha, U., Smedra, J., Levine, P., Kause, J. 2020. Occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-eat Meat and Poultry Product Verification Testing Samples from United States Department of Agriculture-regulated Producing Establishments, 2005-2017. Journal of Food Protection. https://doi.org/10.4315/JFP-20-010
     

  • Scott, M.E., Mbandi, E., Buchanan, S., Abdelmajid, N., Gonzalez-Rivera, C., Robertson Hale, K., Jacobsen, L., Webb, J., Green, J.,Paul Dolan, P. 2020. Salmonella And Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia Coli In Products Sampled In The Food Safety And Inspection Service Raw Pork Baseline Study. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 83, Issue 3.
     

  • Williams, M. S., Ebel, E., Nyirabahizi, E., Saini, G. 2020. Changes in Salmonella Contamination in Meat and Poultry Since the Introduction of the Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Rule. Journal of Food Protection.
     

  • Yan Wang, Naxin Hou, John Johnston, Chester Sarreal, John Jarosh, Anna C. Hughes, Yongqiang Gu, Xiaohu He. 2020. Low prevalence of mobile colistin-resistance in U.S. meat, catfish, poultry and genomic characterization of a mcr-1 positive Escherichia coli strain. Food Control. Volume 118, 107434

  • Abdelmajid, N., Buchanan, S., Dolan, P., Green, J., Scott, M., Webb, J. 2019. Food Safety and Inspection Service Nationwide Raw Pork Products Sampling Study. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 318.
     

  • Abdelmajid, N., Carter, M. J., Gonzalez-Rivera, C., Seys, S., Whitaker, R., 2019. Effects of Interventions on Indicator Organism Levels in Beef Slaughter. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 48.
     

  • Abley, M., Jennings, A., Navin, J., Popoola, H., Schaffner, D. 2019. Home Delivery of Food: The Last Mile Is Not What It Used To Be. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 27.
     

  • Abley, M., Pointon, A., Rasmussen, M., Riess, B. 2019. Improving Postmortem Inspection of Beef for Human Health Protection. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg  31.
     

  • Andress, E., Lavallee, A., Schaffner, D. 2019. Fact or Fiction: Combatting Consumer Perceptions of Food Safety Myths with Data; Presentation:  Utilizing Consumer Handling Data on Poultry Washing and Thermometer Use to Develop Methods Address Myths. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 15.
     

  • Appelt, M., Cook, R., Rottenberg, C. 2019. Scientific Modernization of Meat Inspection – The International High Speed Train – Catch It or Get De-Railed. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg  29-30.
     

  • Bauer, N., Golden, N., Schlosser, W., Schmidt, S., Stapp-Kamotani, E. 2019. Salmonella and Campylobacter in Religious-exempt and Low-volume Poultry Products. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 318.
     

  • Bearson BL, Trachsel JM, Holman DB, Brunelle BW, Sivasankaran SK, Simmons M, Wasilenko J, Tillman G, Johnston JJ, Bearson SMD (2019) Complete Genome Sequence of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar I 4,[5],12:i:- 2015 U.S. Pork Outbreak Isolate USDA15WA-1. Microbiology Resource Announcements. Vol 9, Iss 40. Pg 1-3.
     

  • Brown, E., Dessai, U., McGarry, S., Gerner-Smidt, P. 2019. Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing for Food Safety and Public Health in the United States. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 16(7):441–450.
     

  • Clark, C., Crews, M.K., Hretz S., Izsak, Y., Minocha, U., Seys, S., Silverman, M., Simmons, M., Tillman, G., Wasilenko, J. 2019. Frequency of Multi-Locus Sequence Types in FSIS-regulated Ready-to-Eat Products. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 138.
     

  • Castle, M., Esteban, J.E., Fikree, F., Hammack, T., In’T Veld, P., Krishna, B., Vergara Escobar, C. 2019. The Use of Rapid Microbial Methods by Government Agencies for “Official” Testing; Presentation: USDA FSIS Process to Accept the Use of Rapid Microbial Methods. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 14.
     

  • Chen, W. S., Levine, J. 2019. Correlating Salmonella Isolates: Multi-drug Resistance and Serotype Concordance between CDC PulseNet Illness Clusters and FSIS-regulated Establishment Samples. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 94.
     

  • Christophe, N., Conrad, A., Donovan, D., Freiman, J., Hamdani, S., Haro, J., Heines, V., Minocha, U., Rue, B., Simmons, M., Silverman, M., Scott, M., Tillman, G., Webb, B. 2019. Use of Whole Genome Sequencing, Epidemiologic, and Traceback Data to Link a Multistate Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak to Ready-to-Eat Pork Products.  Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 133.
     

  • Danielle M. Tack, DVM1; Ellyn P. Marder, MPH1; Patricia M. Griffin, MD1; Paul R. Cieslak, MD2; John Dunn, DVM3; Sharon Hurd, MPH4; Elaine Scallan, PhD5; Sarah Lathrop, PhD6; Alison Muse, MPH7; Patricia Ryan, MD8; Kirk Smith, DVM9; Melissa Tobin-D’Angelo, MD10; Duc J. Vugia, MD11; Kristin G. Holt, DVM12; Beverly J. Wolpert, PhD13; Robert Tauxe, MD1; Aimee L. Geissler, 2019. Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 2015–2018, MMWR Weekly/April 26, 2019 / 68(16);369-373
     

  • Den Besten, H., Duqué, B., Williams, M. 2019. Challenges in Campylobacter Detection and Control. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 17.
     

  • Donaghy, J., Scott, J.,Ward-Gokhale, L. 2019. Seek and You Shall Find: The Intricacies of a Robust Listeria Environmental Monitoring Plan. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 7.
     

  • Duverna, R., Jarosh, J., Johnston, J., Kishore, R., Yee, C. 2019. Investigation into the Detection of Semicarbzide, a Nitrofurazone Indicator, in Chicken.  Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 172.
     

  • Fasano, J., Mozdziak, P., Wagner, R. 2019. Is Cell-Cultured Meat Really Meat? Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 10.
     

  • Feldgarden M, Brover V, Haft DH, Prasad AB, Slotta DJ, Tolstoy I, Tyson GH, Zhao S, Hsu CH, McDermott PF, Tadesse DA, Morales C, Simmons M, Tillman G, Wasilenko J, Folster JP, Klimke W (2019) Validating the AMRFinder Tool and Resistance Gene Database by Using Antimicrobial Resistance Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in a Collection of Isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. Oct 22;63(11)
     

  • Gieraltowski, L., Harvey, E., Jones, J., Laksanalamai, P., Noveroske, D., Sréterné Lancz, Z., Whitney, B. 2019.  Foodborne Disease Outbreak Update. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 19.
     

  • Glass, K., Hammons, S., Marks, B. 2019. Science and Regulatory Guidance Update: Lethality and Stabilization of Meat and Poultry Products. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 10.
     

  • Hretz, S., Schmelik-Sandage, C., Szymanski, C. 2019. Poultry Vaccines: What is working, what are the gaps, and what is on the horizon? Presentation: When the Vaccine is Also the Target Pathogen: Lessons Learned. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 15.
     

  • Hinton, Arthur, Gamble, Gary, Berrang, Mark, Buhr, Jeff, and Johnston, John. (2019) Development of Neutralizing Buffered Peptone Water for Salmonella Verification Testing in Commercial Poultry Processing Facilities. J Bacteriol Parasitol, Vol.10 Iss.3 No:359
     

  • Juneja, V.K., Golden, C.E., Mishra, A., Harrison, M.A., Mohr, T., Silverman, M. 2019. Predictive model for growth of Bacillus cereus during cooling of cooked rice. Int J Food Microbiol 290:49-58.
     

  • Juneja, V.K., Golden, C.E., Mishra, A., Harrison, M.A., Mohr, T.B. 2019. Predictive model for growth of Bacillus cereus at temperatures applicable to cooling of cooked pasta. J Food Science 84(3):590-598.
     

  • Kawakami, V., Bottichio, L., Lloyd, J., Carleton, H., Olson, M., Li, Z., Kissler, B., Angelo, K., Whitlock, L., Sinatra, J., Defibaugh-Chavez, S., Bicknese, A., Kay, M., Wise, M., Basler, C., Duchin, J. 2019. Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- and Salmonella Infantis Infections Linked to Whole Roasted Pigs from a Single Slaughter and Processing Facility. Journal of Food Protection. 82(9):1615–1624.
     

  • McMillan EA, Gupta SK, Williams LE, Jové T, Hiott LM, Woodley TA, Barrett JB, Jackson CR, Wasilenko JL, Simmons M, Tillman GE, McClelland M, Frye JG (2019) Antimicrobial Resistance Genes, Cassettes, and Plasmids Present in Salmonella enterica Associated With United States Food Animals. Front Microbiol. Apr 17;10:832

  • Minocha, U., Jennifer Freiman, Jovita Haro, Glenn Tillman, Mustafa Simmons, Meryl Silverman, Maria Scott, Brad Webb, Amanda Conrad, Danielle Donovan, Vivienne Heines, Brenda Rue, Natalie Christopher, and Sakina Hamdani,. 2019. Use of Whole Genome Sequencing, Epidemiologic, and Traceback Data to Link a Multistate Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak to Ready-to-Eat Pork Products.
     

  • National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (2019) “Response to questions posed by the Food and Drug Administration regarding virulence factors and attributes that define foodborne Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) as severe human pathogens,” Journal of Food Protection, Vol 82(5), pp 724-767.
     

  • National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (2019) “Response to questions posed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service regarding Salmonella control strategies in poultry,” Journal of Food Protection, Vol 82(4), pp 645-668.
     

  • Shaw, W., Esteban, J. E. 2019. Evaluation of Commercial Molecular Screening Platforms for the Detection of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens by Food Safety and Inspection Service Field Service Laboratories. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 49.
     

  • Siemens, A., Ebel, E., Steven Ricke, S. 2019. Challenges and Promises of Using Quantitative Data for Controlling Salmonella in Poultry. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 82, Pg 19.
     

  • Scott, M., Stephanie Buchanan, Naser Abdelmajid, Jennifer Webb, Jennifer Green and Paul Dolan, 2019. Food Safety and Inspection Service Nationwide Raw Pork Products Sampling Study.
     

  • White, P., Green, A., Holt, K.G., Robertson Hale, K. 2019. Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Subspecies I Serovar 4,[5],12:i:- Isolates Recovered from Food Safety and Inspection Service-Regulated Products and Food Animal Ceca, 2007–2016. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 16(10):679–686.
     
  • Zhao S, Mukherjee S, Hsu CH, Young S, Li C, Tate H, Morales CA, Haro J, Thitaram S, Tillman GE, Dessai U, McDermott P (2019) Genomic Analysis of Emerging Florfenicol-Resistant Campylobacter coli Isolated from the Cecal Contents of Cattle in the United States. mSphere. Jun 26;4(3)

  • Berrang, Mark; Gamble, Gary; Hinton, Jr., Arthur; Johnston, John. 2018. Neutralization of residual antimicrobial processing chemicals in broiler carcass rinse for improved detection of Campylobacter. Journal of Applied Poultry Research 27: 299-303.
     
  • Brown AC, Chen JC, Watkins LKF, Campbell D, Folster JP, Tate H, Wasilenko J, Van Tubbergen C, Friedman CR (2018) CTX-M-65 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Salmonella enterica Serotype Infantis, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. Dec;24(12):2284-2291
     
  • Green, A., Defibaugh-Chavez, S., Douris, A., Vetter, D., Atkinson, R., Kissler, B., Khroustalev, A., Robertson Hale, K., Sharma, S., Becker, K., Dessai, U., Antoine, N., Allen, L., Holt, K., Gieraltowski, L., Wise, M., Schwensohn, C., Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Salmonella Heidelberg Investigation Team. 2018. Intensified Sampling in Response to a Salmonella Heidelberg Outbreak Associated with Multiple Establishments Within a Single Poultry Corporation. Foodborne Pathog Dis 15(3):153-160.
     
  • Humayoun, S.B; Hiott, L.M; Sushim; Gupta, S.K.; Barrett, J.B.; Woodley, T.A.; Johnston, J.J.; Jackson, C.R.; Frye, J. (2018) An assay for determining the susceptibility of Salmonella isolates to commercial and household biocides PLOS ONE. December 20. 2018. 13(12) https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0209072
     
  • Juneja, V.K., Mohr, T.B., Silverman, M., Snyder, O.P. Jr. 2018.  Influence of cooling rate on growth of Bacillus cereus from spore inocula in cooked rice, beans, pasta, and combination products containing meat or poultry.  Journal of Food Protect 81(3):430-436.
     
  • Juneja, V.K., Friedman, M., Mohr, T.B., Silverman, M., Mukhopadhyay, S. 2018.  Control of Bacillus cereus spore germination and outgrowth in cooked rice during chilling by nonorganic and organic apple, orange, and potato peel powders.  J Food Process Preserv 42(3):e13558.
     
  • Lanier, W.A., Robertson Hale, K., Geissler, A.L., Dewey-Mattia, D. 2018. Chicken Liver–Associated Outbreaks of Campylobacteriosis and Salmonellosis, United States, 2000–2016—Identifying Opportunities for Prevention. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 15(11):726–733.
     
  • Mamber, S.W., Mohr, T., Leathers, C., Mbandi, E., Bronstein, P., Barlow, K. 2018. Occurrence of Salmonella in ready-to-eat meat and poultry product samples from U.S. Department of Agriculture-regulated producing establishments. I. Results from the ALLRTE and RTE001 random and risk-based sampling projects, from 2005 to 2012. Journal of Food Protect 81(10):1729-1736.
     
  • Mamber, S.W., Mohr, T., Barlow, K., Bronstein, P.A., Leathers, C., Clinch, N. 2018. Occurrence of Salmonella in ready-to-eat meat and poultry product samples from U.S. Department of Agriculture-regulated producing establishments. II. Salmonella in ready-to-eat pork barbecue Products, from 2005 to 2012. Journal of Food Protect 81(10):1737-1742.
     
  • NACMCF Executive Secretariat. 2018. Response to questions posed by the Department of Defense regarding microbiological criteria as indicators of process control or insanitary conditions. Journal of Food Protect 81(1):115-141.
     
  • Tyson, G.H., Sabo, J.L., Hoffmann, M., Hsu, C.H., Mukherjee, S., Hernandez, J., Tillman, G., Wasilenko, J.L., Haro J., Simmons, M., Egbe, W.W., White, P.L., Dessai, U., P.F. Mcdermott. 2018. Novel linezolid resistance plasmids in Enterococcus from food animals in the USA. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 73(12):3254–3258.
     
  • Tyson, G.H., Bodeis-Jones, S., Caidi., Cook, K., Dessai, U., Haro J., McCullough, A.E., Meng J., Morales, C.A., Lawrence, J.P., Tillman G.E., Winslow, A., Miller, R.A. 2018. Proposed Epidemiological Cutoff Values for Ceftriaxone, Cefepime, and Colistin in Salmonella. Foodborne Pathog Dis 15(11):701-704.

  • Bourassa, D.V., Wilson, K.M., Bartenfeld, L.N., Harris, C.E., Howard, A.K., Ingram, K.D., Hinton, A. Jr., Adams, E.S., Berrang, M.E., Feldner, P.W., Gamble, G.W., Frye, J.G., Jackson, C.R., Johnston, J.J., Buhr, R.J. 2017.  Carcass orientation and drip time affect potential surface water carryover for broiler carcasses subjected to a post-chill water dip or spray. J Poultry Sci 96(1):241-245.
     
  • Crowe, S.J., Green, A., Hernandez, K., Peralta, V., Bottichio, L., Defibaugh-Chavez, S., Douris, A., Gieraltowski, L., Hise, K., La-Pham, K., Neil, K.P., Simmons, M., Tillman, G., Tolar, B., Wagner, D., Wasilenko, J., Holt, K., Trees, E., Wise, M.E. 2017. Utility of combining whole genome sequencing with traditional investigational methods to solve foodborne outbreaks of Salmonella infections associated with chicken: a new tool for tackling this challenging food vehicle. Journal of Food Protect 80(4):654-60.
     
  • Gamble, G.R., Berrang, M.E., Buhr, R.J., Hinton, A. Jr., Bourassa, D.V., Ingram, K.D., Adams, E.S., Feldner, P.W., Johnston, J.J. 2017. Neutralization of Bactericidal Activity Related to Antimicrobial Carryover in Broiler Carcass Rinse Samples. Journal of Food Protect 80(4):685-691.
     
  • Karp, B.E., Tate, H., Plumblee, J.R., Dessai, U., Whichard, J.M., Thacker, E.L., Robertson Hale, K., Wilson, W., Friedman, C.R., Griffin, P.M., McDermott, P.F. 2017. National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System: Two decades of advancing public health through integrated surveillance of antimicrobial resistance. Foodborne Pathog Dis 14(10):545-557.
     
  • Kathariou, S., Evans, P., and Dutta, V. 2017. Strain-specific virulence difference in Listeria monocytogenes: current perspective in addressing an old and vexing issue. Foodborne Pathogens: Virulence Factors and Host Susceptibility, Springer, 61-91.
     
  • Lambert, D., Pightling, A., Griffiths, E., Van Domselaar, G., Evans, P., Berthelet, S., Craig, D., Chandry, P.S., Stones, R., Brinkman, F., Angers-Loustau, A., Kreysa, J., Tong, W., Blais, B. 2017. Baseline practices for the application of genomic data supporting regulatory food safety. J AOAC Int 100(3):721-731.
     
  • Luchansky, J.B., Chen, Y., Porto-Fett, A.C.S., Pouillot, R., Shoyer, B.A., Johnson-DeRycke, R., Eblen, D.R., Hoelzer, K., Shaw, W.K. Jr, van Doren, J.M., Catlin, M., Lee, J., Tikekar, R., Gallagher, D., Lindsay, J.A., Listeria Market Basket Survey Multi-Institutional Team, Dennis, S. 2017. Survey for Listeria monocytogenes in and on ready-to-eat foods from retail establishments in the United States (2010 through 2013): assessing potential changes of pathogen prevalence and levels in a decade. Journal of Food Protect 80(6):903-921.
     
  • Marder, E.P., Cieslak, P.R., Cronquist, A.B., Dunn, J., Lathrop, S., Rabatsky-Ehr, T., Ryan, P., Smith, K., Tobin-D’Angelo, M., Vugia, D.J., Zansky, S., Holt, K.G., Wolpert, B.J., Lynch, M., Tauxe, R., Geissler, A.L. 2017. Incidence and Trends of Infections with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food and the Effect of Increasing Use of Culture-Independent Diagnostic Tests on Surveillance - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites , 2013-2016. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 66(15):397-403.
     
  • Self, J.L., Luna-Gierke, R.E., Fothergill, A., Holt, K.G., Vieira, A.R. 2017. Outbreaks attributed to pork in the United States, 1998-2015. Epidemiology and Infection 145(14):2980-2990.
     
  • Tate, H., Folster, J.P., Hsu, C.H., Chen, J., Hoffmann, M., Li, C., Morales, C., Tyson, G.H., Mukherjee, S., Brown, A.C., Green, A., Wilson, W., Dessai, U., Abbott, J., Joseph, L., Haro, J., Ayers, S., McDermott, P.F., Zhao, S. 2017. Comparative analysis of extended-spectrum-ß-lactamase CTX-M-65-producing Salmonella enterica Serovar Infantis isolates from humans, food animals, and retail chickens in the United States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 61(7).
     
  • Tyson, G.H., Tate, H.P., Zhao, S., Li, C., Dessai, U., Simmons, M., McDermott, P.F. 2017. Identification of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Salmonella Isolated from swine ceca and retail pork chops in the United States. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 61(10).
  • Timme, R.E., Rand, H., Shumway, M., Trees, E.K., Simmons, M., Agarwala, R., Davis, S., Tillman, G.E., Defibaugh-Chavez, S., Carleton, H.A., Klimke, W.A., Katz, L.S. 2017. Benchmark datasets for phylogenomic pipeline validation, applications for foodborne pathogen surveillance. Peer J – Life & Environ, Bioinformatics and Genomics Section 5:e3893.

  • Gamble, G.R., Berrang, M.E., Buhr, R.J., Hinton, A. Jr., Bourassa, D.V., Johnston, J.J., Ingram, K.D., Adams, E.S., Feldner, P.W. 2016. Effect of Simulated Sanitizer Carry-Over on Recovery of Salmonella from Broiler Carcass Rinsates. Journal of Food Protect 79(5):710-714.
     
  • Gieraltowski, L., Higa, J., Peralta, V., Green, A., Schwensohn, C., Rosen, H., Libby, T., Kissler, B., Marsden-Haug, N., Booth, H., Kimura, A., Grass, J., Bicknese, A., Salmonella Heidelberg Investigation Team. 2016. National Outbreak of Multidrug Resistant Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to a Single Poultry Company. PLOS ONE 11(9): e0162369. 
     
  • Jackson, B.R., Tarr, C., Strain, E., Jackson, K.A., Conrad, A., Carleton, H., Katz, L.S., Stroika, S., Gould, L.H., Mody, R.K., Silk, B.J., Beal, J., Chen, Y., Timme, R., Doyle, M., Fields, A., Wise, M., Tillman, G., Defibaugh-Chavez, S., Kucerova, Z., Sabol, A., Roache, K., Trees, E., Simmons, M., Wasilenko, J., Kubota, K., Pouseele, H., Klimke, W., Besser, J., Brown, E., Allard, M., Gerner-Smidt, P. 2016. Implementation of nationwide real-time whole-genome sequencing to enhance listeriosis outbreak detection and investigation. Clin Infect Dis 63(3):380-386.
     
  • NACMCF Executive Secretariat. 2016. Control Strategies for Reducing Foodborne Norovirus Infections. Journal of Food Protect 79(5):843-889
  • Robertson Hale, K., Green, A., Allen, L., Ihry, T., White, P., Chen, W.S., Douris, A., Levine, J.  2016. Foodborne Outbreaks Reported to the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service, Fiscal Years 2007 through 2012. Journal of Food Protect 79(3):442-447.

  • Lehotay, S.J., Sapozhnikova, Y., Han, L., Johnston, J.J. 2015. Analysis of nitrosamines in cooked bacon by QuEChERS sample preparation and gas chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry with backflushing.  J Agric Food Chem 63: 10341-10351.
     
  • Lindsey, R.L., Fedorka-Cray, P.J., Abley, M., Turpin, J.B., Meinersmann, R.J. 2015. Evaluating the occurrence of Escherichia albertii in chicken carcass rinses by PCR, Vitek analysis, and sequencing of the rpoB gene. Appl Environ Microbiol 81(5):1727–1734.
     
  • Lupton, S.J, Dearfield, K.L., Johnston, J.J., Wagner, S., Huwe, J.K. 2015. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) plasma half-life determination and long-term tissue distribution in beef cattle (Bos taurus). J Agric Food Chem 63(51):10988-10994.
  • Mohr, T.B., Juneja, V.K., Thippareddi, H.H., Schaffner, D.W., Bronstein, P.A., Silverman, M., Cook, L.V. Jr. 2015. Assessing the performance of Clostridium perfringens cooling models for cooked, uncured meat and poultry products. Journal of Food Protect 78(8):1512-1526.

Risk Assessment and Data Analysis

Below are citations to scientific literature organized by year. Some of these citations include a link to the article. You will be leaving the FSIS website when you follow some of these links.

  • Eric D.Ebel, Michael S.Williams, Denise M.Amann, 2020. Quantifying the effects of reducing sample size on 2-class attributes sampling plans: Implications for United States poultry performance standards. Food Control: Volume 111, May 2020, 107068
     
  • Pouillot R., Schlosser W., Van Doren J.M., Dennis S.B., and Kause J.R, 2020. Assessment of the risk of salmonellosis linked to the consumption of liquid egg products made from internally contaminated shell eggs initially stored at 65°F (18°C) compared with 45°F (7°C). Journal of Food Protection. Vol 83, Issue. 5. Model code.

  • Ebel, E.D., Williams, M.S., Ward-Grokhale, L.A., Kisselburgh, H. M. 2019. Assessing the maximum size of annual foodborne outbreaks in the United States: An analysis of 1973-2016 outbreaks. Microbial Risk Analysis Volume 12, Pages 20-26
     
  • Ebel, E.D., Williams, M.S., Tameru, B. 2019. Relatedness of Salmonella contamination frequency on chicken carcass and parts samples when processed in the same establishment. Food Control 100:198-203.
     
  • Williams, M.S., Ebel, E.D., Golden, N.J. 2019. Revising a constrained 2-class attributes sampling plan when laboratory methods are changed. Microbial Risk Analysis. (in press).

  • Williams, M.S., Ebel, E.D., Hretz, S. A., Golden, N.J. 2018. Adoption of neutralizing buffered peptone water coincides with changes in apparent prevalence of Salmonella and Campylobacter of broiler rinse samples. Journal of Food Protect 81(11):1851-1863.
     
  • Williams, M.S., Ebel, E.D., Golden, N.J. 2018. Updating a 2-class attributes sampling plan to account for changes in laboratory methods. International Journal of Food Microbiology 282:24-27.
     
  • Powell, M.R., Crim, S.M., Hoekstra, R.M., Williams, M.S., Gu, W. 2018. Temporal patterns in principal Salmonella serotypes in the United States; 1996-2014. Epidemiology and Infection 146:437-441.
     
  • Brown L.G., Hoover E.R., Faw B.V., Hedeen N.K., Nicholas D., Wong M.R., Shepherd C., Gallagher D.L., Kause J.R. 2018. Food safety practices linked with proper refrigerator temperatures in retail delis.  Foodborne Pathog Dis 15(5):300- 307.

  • Kause J.R., Gallagher D.L., Engeljohn, D.L. 2017. Science to support the prevention of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods. Foodborne Pathogens. Food Microbiology and Food Safety. Springer. 
     
  • Ebel, E.D., Williams, M.S., Schlosser, W.D. 2017. Estimating the Type II error of detecting changes in foodborne illnesses via public health surveillance. Microbial Risk Analysis. 7:1-7.
     
  • Williams, M.S., Ebel, E.D., Golden, N.J. 2017. Using Indicator Organisms in Performance Standards for Reducing Pathogen Occurrence on Beef Carcasses in the United States. Microbial Risk Analysis. 6:44-56
     
  • Williams, M.S., Ebel, E.D. 2017. Estimating correlation of prevalence at two locations in the farm-to-table continuum using qualitative test data. International Journal of Food Microbiology 245:29-37.
     
  • Luchansky, J.B., Chen, Y., Porto-Fett, A.C.S., Pouillot, R., Shoyer, B.A., Johnson-DeRycke, R., Eblen, D.R., Hoelzer, K., Shaw, W.K. Jr., van Doren, J.M., Catlin, M., Lee, J., Tikekar, R., Gallagher, D., Lindsay, J.A., Listeria Market Basket Survey Multi-Institutional Team, Denis, S. 2017. Survey for Listeria monocytogenes in and on Ready-to-Eat Foods from Retail Establishments in the United States (2010 through 2013): Assessing Potential Changes of Pathogen Prevalence and Levels in a Decade. J. Food Prot., 80(6):903-921.

  • Gallagher, D., Pouillot, R., Hoelzer, K., Tang, J., Dennis, S.B., & Kause, J.R. 2016. Listeria monocytogenes in retail delicatessens: An interagency risk assessment—risk mitigations. Journal of Food Protect 79(7):1076-1088.
     
  • Linville, J.W., Schumann, D., Aston, C., Defibaugh-Chavez, S., Seebohm, S., Touhey, L. 2016. Using a six sigma fishbone analysis approach to evaluate the effect of extreme weather events on Salmonella positives in young chicken slaughter establishments. Journal of Food Protect 79(12):2048-2057.
     
  • Ebel E.D., Williams M.S., Cole D., Travis C.C., Klontz K.C., Golden N.J., Hoekstra R.M. 2016. Comparing characteristics of sporadic and outbreak-associated foodborne illnesses, United States, 2004-2011. Emerg Infect Dis 22(7):1193-1200.
     
  • Ebel ED, Williams MS, Golden NJ, Schlosser WD, Travis C. 2016. Time valuation of historical outbreak attribution data. Epidemiology and Infection 144(2):396-407.
     
  • Lukicheva, N. Ebel, E.D., Williams, M.S., Schlosser, W.D. 2016. Characterizing the concentration of pathogen occurrence across meat and poultry industries. Microbial Risk Analysis. 4:29-35.
     
  • Gallagher, D., Pouillot, R., Hoelzer, K., Tang, J., Dennis, S.B., & Kause, J.R. 2016. Listeria monocytogenes in retail delicatessens: An interagency risk assessment—risk mitigations. Journal of Food Protection, 79(7): 1076-1088.
     
  • Ebel. E.D., Williams, M.S., Cole, D. Travis, C.C., Klontz, K.C., Golden, N.J., Hoekstra, R.M. 2016. Comparing disease characteristics of sporadic and outbreak foodborne illnesses. Emerging Infectious Diseases 22(7):1193-1200.
     
  • Ebel. E.D., Williams, M.S., Golden, N.J., Tankson, J. 2016. Bayesian techniques for comparison of the test performance of PCR and culture for the identification of Campylobacter in enriched comminuted chicken samples. Journal of Applied Microbiology 120:1418-1426.

  • Pouillot, R., Gallagher, D., Tang, J., Hoelzer, K., Kause, J., and Dennis, S.B. 2015. Listeria monocytogenes in Retail Delicatessens: an Interagency Risk Assessment – Model and Baseline Results. Journal of Food Protection 78(1): 134-145.
     
  • Williams, M.S., Golden, N.J., Ebel. E.D., Crarey, E.T., Tate, H.P. 2015. Temporal patterns of Campylobacter contamination on chicken and their relationship to campylobacteriosis cases in the United States. International Journal of Food Microbiology 208:114-121.
     
  • Ebel. E.D., Williams, M.S., Golden, N.J., Schlosser, W.D., Travis, C. 2015. Time value of historical outbreak attribution data. Epidemiology and Infection 144(2):396-407.
     
  • Ebel. E.D., Williams, M.S. 2015. When are qualitative testing results sufficient to predict a reduction in illnesses in a microbiological food-safety risk assessment? Journal of Food Protection 78:1451-1460.
     
  • Hsi, D.J., Ebel. E.D., Williams, M.S., Golden, N.J., Schlosser, W.D. 2015. Comparing foodborne illness risks among meat commodities in the United States. Food Control 54:353-359.
     
  • Williams, M.S., Ebel. E.D., Allender, H. D. 2015. Industry-level changes in microbial contamination on market hog and broiler chicken carcasses between two locations in the slaughter process. Food Control 51:361-370.

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