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
  

Reports

2018 Integrated Salmonella Surveillance Annual Report

2017 Integrated Salmonella Surveillance Annual Report

2016 Integrated Salmonella Surveillance Annual Report

2015 Integrated Salmonella Surveillance Annual Report

2014 Integrated Salmonella Surveillance Annual Report

2013 Integrated Salmonella Surveillance Annual Report

2012 Integrated Salmonella Surveillance Annual Report

2011 Integrated Salmonella Surveillance Annual Report

2010 Integrated Salmonella Surveillance Annual Report

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