AOAC Emerging Topics Meeting Book (March 14, 2019)

WGS implementation in the U.S.

Analysis •CDC •Compared against all samples at USDA and FDA

Specimen received at Public Health Lab

WGS Performed

Analysis •Compare against all known samples •Compare against CDC specimens

Food, environmental, swab-a-thon

WGS Performed

FDA & USDA

WGS approach to public health

clinical and environmental isolates enter the database in real-time. FDA, CDC, USDA, States

Source of contamination identified through WGS combined database queries

40

35

30

25

Food enters commerce

20

15

Number of cases

10

5

0

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Days