Mission

Surveillance along the food chain for safer food and healthy people in BC

The goals and objectives of the program are to:

To inform programs and policies to decrease the burden of human disease in BC commonly associated with foodborne pathogens by:

1. Identify sources and patterns of endemic and emerging disease caused by pathogens along the food chain in BC
• Monitor the occurrence of pathogens along the food chain
• Integrate findings from food and animal sources and human sectors
2. Support efficient and coordinated multi-sectoral programs and policies to address public health risks along the food chain in BC
• Strengthen inter and intra-agency partnerships required to address public health risks along the food chain
• Share integrated findings from animal, environment, food and human sources to inform programs and policies

Data Sources and Methods

• BCISFP Data Sources and Data Flow

• BC Integrated Surveillance of Foodborne Pathogens Methods, 2006-2017
  

Publications

• Integrated surveillance of Salmonella along the food chain using existing data and resources in British Columbia, Canada


• Utility of algorithms for the analysis of integrated Salmonella surveillance data

Other

• WHO: Integrated surveillance data to better understand risks across the food chain