Using the National Environmental Assessment Reporting System to Enhance Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigations in New York City Restaurants.

The article presents a column from the Environmental Health Services Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which features the use of National Environmental Assessment Reporting System to enhance foodborne illnesses outbreak investigations in restaurants in New York City, New York. Data shape and collection were modified and simplified and made available through the Annual Report of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in New York City. Graphs of outbreaks are also presented.