Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses

Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses
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Mission Statement

To provide policy makers and other stakeholders with scientific information and advice on minimizing the risks of human illnesses arising from the interface between humans, animals, and the environment, with special emphasis on infections due to enteric pathogens.

Strategic Goals

1. To determine and monitor the incidence, trends, reservoirs and sources of enteric infections along the food chain and in the environment, and their modes of transmission to humans.
   
2. To identify and monitor the nature, determinants, trends, and incidence of antimicrobial resistance in animal and foodborne microorganisms with respect to the impact of agri-food or aquaculture use of antimicrobials on the emergence and transmission of antimicrobial resistance in human pathogens.
3. To generate risk assessments of enteric pathogens with respect to their emergence and occurrence along the food chain, and their transmission to humans.
4. To determine the host, pathogen, and ecological risk factors influencing the emergence, maintenance, and spread of enteric pathogens in animal reservoirs, the food chain, and the environment, and the occurrence of human infection and disease, with special reference to Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Verotoxin-producing E. coli.
5. To develop and/or evaluate strategies to reduce the occurrence of enteric pathogens in animal reservoirs, animal products and the environment, with special reference to Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Verotoxin-producing E. coli.
6. To evaluate the effectiveness of food safety and public health policies, programs, and practices in reducing the impact of enteric disease in human populations.