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Speaker's Notes

This project was designed to collect data on the occurrence of foodborne illness risk factors in selected foodservice and retail food establishments at five-year intervals. These data collection efforts are designed to get an accurate picture of the extent to which foodservice and retail food operations have control over the risk factors during each data collection period.

Using multiple data collection periods, FDA hopes to evaluate trends and determine whether progress is being made toward the goals of reducing the occurrence of foodborne illness risk factors.