Foodborne Illness

• Causes and Symptoms of Foodborne Illness
  Symptoms and causes of foodborne illness and links to disease-specific information.
  
  
• Food Safety Basics: Preventing Foodborne Illness
  There's a lot you can do to handle and prepare your food safely. Learn what you can do to prepare, serve and store food safely.
  Hand Hygiene | Cross Contamination | Don't Prepare Food If You are Ill | Temperatures | Thermometers | Grilling and BBQ Safety | Slow Cooker Safety | Home Canning | Cold Storage | Shelf Storage
  
  
• Reporting Suspected Foodborne Illness
  Please call the Minnesota Department of Health if you suspect you have a foodborne or waterborne illness. MDH will relay the necessary information to the appropriate local health authorities.
  Why should I call the foodborne illness hotline? | What do I need to know before I call? | What are the hotline hours? | What happens after I call? | Hotline print materials


• Illness-Related Restrictions for Food Workers, and for Children or Staff in a Daycare Setting
  Children and adults may be subject to certain restrictions from daycare/preschool or food service when they are ill with a diarrheal illness.
  
  
• Foodborne Outbreaks
  Information about foodborne illness outbreaks, detection, and investigation in Minnesota.
  Outbreak Basics | Reporting Suspected Foodborne Illness | Outbreak Detection | Outbreak Investigations | Outbreak Statistics | For Schools, Day Care, and Long-term Care Facilities
  


• Foodborne Illness Surveillance Statistics
  Summary surveillance statistics for outbreaks and selected diseases.
  


• Health Care Professional Information on Foodborne Illness
  Clinical information and required reporting information.
  
  

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