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The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin about how public health agencies investigate food-borne illnesses.
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, professor in the Department of Epidemiology and the Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about how public health agencies investigate food-borne illnesses.
“In the case where an investigation is initiated by public health agencies, ‘there is often a significant delay between when someone ate the contaminated food, when they became sick, when they were diagnosed and when public health officials were able to interview them,’ said Anne Rimoin, professor in the department of epidemiology with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The delay could make it more difficult for ill people to remember all the foods they ate, ‘down to a single ingredient in a salad,’ before they were stricken, Rimoin said.”
