July 13, 2012; FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN); College Park, Md.

Salmonella bacteria, shown here in a petri dish, are a major cause of foodborne illnesses. Hundreds of FDA scientists are working to develop the tools needed to keep bacterial and chemical contaminants out of the food supply, and to rapidly identify the disease-causing bacteria that do infiltrate foods and cause outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. Among them are the researchers at FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition in College Park, Md.

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