- CSPI tracks food-borne illness outbreaks with the Outbreak Alert! database
- Contains almost 4,500 outbreaks with both known food source and known etiology which occurred in the U.S. between 1990-2003
- Only source for outbreaks linked to specific foods, as well as specific pathogens
- Outbreaks are grouped according to U.S. regulatory agency and placed in one of 13 food categories
