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PulseNet revolutionized foodborne outbreak detection in the United States. What exactly is it? How did it get started? Why was it so significant? And what does the future of foodborne outbreak detection look like? Brian Sauders, molecular microbiologist at the NY State Department of Agriculture and Markets, and Shari Shea, director of food safety at APHL, answer these questions and more.    Links: What is PulseNet? About PulseNet (CDC) PulseNet success stories 20 years of PulseNet: Preventing thousands of illnesses and saving millions of dollars (cost-benefit analysis) Awards PulseNet has received Innovations in American Government Award CBS News article on PulseNet launch including quotes from Al Gore 1993 Jack in the Box outbreak Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly and Salmonella Nchanga Infections Associated with a Raw Scraped Ground Tuna Product Laboratory Response Network (LRN) New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Division of Food Laboratory Shari Shea on Twitter APHL’s Food Saf