Communicable Diseases Report, NSW, July and August 2012.

Abstract

Enteric infections Outbreaks of suspected foodborne disease Two of the nine complaints received by the NSW Food Authority about suspected foodborne disease in July and August 2012 were thought to be related to consumption of contaminated food. July and August was however a period of high levels of viral gastrointestinal disease in the community and most reports of suspected foodborne gastrointestinal illness in this period were, upon investigation, thought to be cases of viral gastrointestinal disease spread person-to-person.