Surveillance for action – managing foodborne Campylobacter in New Zealand

Abstract

In New Zealand, information gathered by the human disease surveillance system has been used to inform its well-documented, science-based Food Safety Risk Management Framework and response to an increasing national public health problem–campylobacteriosis. This paper discusses the use of surveillance data in initial prioritization, goal setting, source attribution and monitoring and review for Campylobacter infection in New Zealand.

Keywords

• campylobacteriosis
• surveillance
• food safety
• source attribution
• New Zealand