Report A Foodborne Illness

 
 
 
 
 
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What you need to know

​​​​​​​​​Report a foodborne illness​​​ 

  • Did you or someone you know get sick from something you ate from a Nebraska food establishment? For example, a restaurant, grocery store, convenience store.
  • ​Did you or someone you know recently attend an event where other people became ill? For example,  wedding,  concert, conference, retirement party, etc.​

Report a Foodborne Illness​​


If you prefer to report by phone, you may call your local healt​h department or Nebraska DHHS Office of Epidemiology (402) 471-2937. If you have a food safety or sanitation complaint about a Nebraska grocery store or food establishment, please call (402) 471-3422 or visit their website Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) Food Safety and Consumer Protection.


Why report a foodborne illness?

  • When two or more people from different households get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink, the event is called a foodborne outbreak.
  • Reporting illnesses to state and local health departments helps them identify potential outbreaks of foodborne disease.
  • Public health officials investigate outbreaks to control them, so more people do not get sick and to learn how to prevent similar outbreaks from happening in the future. ​