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BEAM Dashboard

US foodborne and waterborne disease outbreaks, enteric pathogen isolate counts, and antimicrobial resistance from CDC BEAM.

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About

The CDC BEAM Dashboard (Bacteria, Enterics, Ameba, and Mycotics) is an open data surveillance resource managed by the CDC Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases. BEAM compiles national surveillance data on enteric bacteria including Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella, and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), aggregating isolate counts from SEDRIC, antimicrobial resistance findings from NARMS, and multi-state foodborne outbreak summaries from NORS.

Through Fibric, an operator references enteric outbreak histories, implicated food commodities, and antimicrobial resistance profiles, proposing targeted food safety audits, supplier quality reviews, and ingredient batch quarantines across culinary and grocery retail operations.

This is a reference listing. It documents what Fibric would read from BEAM Dashboard and what it could propose, based on the publisher's published interfaces. Fibric builds it under a managed deployment when you request it; selecting it here installs nothing.

Inputs

  • Foodborne and waterborne disease outbreak investigation records from the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS)
  • Laboratory isolate counts for Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, and STEC across state jurisdictions
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance pattern data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)
  • Implicated food commodities, contamination sources, and pathogen etiologies linked to commercial food products
  • Six downloadable tabular datasets formatted in CSV for epidemiological analysis and risk modeling

Proposed actions

Read-only. This feed informs operators; it changes nothing.

Proposed actions are target capabilities. Every action runs propose-first and needs a validated deployment and the appropriate permissions.

What you can build

  • Cross-reference food inventory against active enteric outbreak vectors

    Compare current kitchen and warehouse inventory against newly implicated commodities in CDC enteric outbreak records, proposing lot inspections and supplier reviews.

    With Food Safety Log, Lot Quarantine

  • Evaluate supplier contamination risk based on historical isolate counts

    Analyze historical Salmonella and STEC isolate frequency data by agricultural commodity group, proposing extended quality hold intervals for higher-risk seasonal produce.

    With Quality Hold, Supplier Fill Rate

Requirements

  • CSV parsing and tabular data ingestion pipeline to process BEAM surveillance tables
  • Mapping of implicated food vehicle categories to internal inventory supplier ingredient lists
  • Periodic automated downloads to ingest newly finalized outbreak and isolate summary packages
Authentication
None. The BEAM Dashboard datasets are openly available for download from the CDC website without API keys or credentials.

Limits

  • Data represents reported and investigated outbreaks; minor sporadic infections without healthcare visits are not captured
  • BEAM datasets update periodically in consolidated batches rather than via real-time event streaming
  • Outbreak attribution to specific food commodities reflects epidemiological weight of evidence rather than legal determinations

Access and pricing

Reference listing. Public feed access is separate from Fibric integration. If you request this feed, your quote covers the build, usage, and support.

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Questions and answers

What surveillance systems contribute to the BEAM Dashboard?
BEAM aggregates data from the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS), NARMS antimicrobial resistance monitoring, and SEDRIC enteric surveillance networks.
What pathogens are monitored in the BEAM datasets?
BEAM monitors major enteric bacterial pathogens including Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), Listeria, and Vibrio.
What license applies to CDC BEAM data?
BEAM datasets are public domain government works produced by the CDC, available for unrestricted commercial and analytical reuse.
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