At a glance
Certain practices and policies increase or decrease risk of outbreaks in restaurants. Find our summaries and publications on outbreak investigations and restaurant food safety practices.

Summaries and publications
Outbreak investigations
Investigation Summaries in Plain Language
Restaurant practices
Practice Summaries in Plain Language
Other retail food safety publications
Brown L, Smith C, Wildey L. [commentary] J Environ Health. 2022;84(7):32-4.
Byrne M, Laird T, Benschoter B, Wolfe J, McSwane D, Varma A, et al. [commentary] J Environ Health. 2023;86(2):38–40.
Coleman E, Brown L. [commentary] J Environ Health. 2018;81(2):44-6.
Green LR, Selman C, Scallan E, Jones TF, Marcus R, EHS-Net Population Working Group. . J Food Prot. 2005;68(10):2184-9.
Viveiros B, Caron G, Barkley J, Philo E, Odom S, Wenzel J, et al. Cake decorating luster dust associated with toxic metal poisonings — Rhode Island and Missouri, 2018–2019. MMWR. 2021; 70(43);1501-4. (Brown L)
Waltenburg MA, Victoroff T, Rose CE, Butterfield M, Jervis RH, Fedak KM, et al. Update: COVID-19 among workers in meat and poultry processing facilities―United States, April–May 2020. MMWR. 2020;69:887-92. (Zarate-Bermudez M)
Wildey LM, Laird T, Brown LG, O'Malley E, Gridley-Smith CL, Nutt E, et al. . J Environ Health. 2023;86(2):22–25.
Wittry B, Mack J. [commentary] J Environ Health. 2019;82(2):34-6.
Wittry BC, Hoover ER, Pomeroy MA, Dumas BL, Marshall KE, Yellman MA, et al. . Public Health Rep. 2022;137(4):660-71. (Brown LG)