News release: “Food safety annual report card targets hard-to-prevent infection Salmonella infections have not decreased during the past 15 years and have instead increased by 10 percent in recent years, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the same time period, illnesses from the serious Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 have been cut nearly in half and the overall rates of six foodborne infections have been reduced by 23 percent, the report said. The Vital Signs report summarizes 2010 data from CDC’s Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which serves as America’s report card for food safety by tracking whether nine of the most common infections transmitted through foods are increasing or decreasing.”