We like to track as much food-borne illness data as we can.   We think its important for many reasons.  

The Irish Medical News recently reported that Campylobacter was Ireland’s No. 1 food-borne illness for 2006, the latest year for which complete data is available.  The Medical News reports:

Campylobacter infection is the most important cause of sporadic cases of foodborne illness in Ireland with almost 2,000 cases reported in 2006, according to the annual report of the Food Safety Authority.

Go here to read the entire Irish Medical News story.