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Foodborne Illness

  • Foodborne Illness Home
  • Causes and Symptoms
  • Reporting Foodborne Illness
  • Submitting a Stool Sample
  • Outbreaks
  • Foodborne Statistics
  • Print Materials
  • For Health Professionals
  • For Childcare and Daycare

Related Topics

  • Illnesses from Animals
  • Foodborne Illness
  • Waterborne Illness
  • Bioterrorism Diseases
  • Infectious Diseases A-Z
  • Reportable Infectious Diseases
  • Food Safety
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Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Contact Info

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Foodborne Illness Print Materials
 

Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Childrenz: Information for Parents/Caregivers
  • There's No Such Thing as "Stomach Flu" (PDF)
    Complaints of "stomach flu" are usually norovirus, the most common cause of gastrointestinal illness.
    • There's No Such Thing as "Stomach Flu" Hmong (PDF)
    • There's No Such Thing as "Stomach Flu" Somali (PDF)
    • There's No Such Thing as "Stomach Flu" Spanish (PDF)
Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Childrenz: Information for Parents/Caregivers
  • Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Children:
    Info for Parents/Caregivers (PDF)
    As a parent or caregiver, there are simple steps you can take to help protect family and friends from vomiting and diarrheal illnesses.
Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Children: Information for Day Care Providers
  • Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Children: Information for Child Care Providers (PDF)
    A poster for preschool and child care providers to educate on vomiting, diarrhea, and proper disease reporting.

Vomit Clean Up

  • Vomit Clean Up (PDF)
    A poster for food workers on the proper steps to take to clean up from a vomiting incident.

Hotline Print Materials

Foodborne Illness Hotline Poster
  • Foodborne Illness Hotline Poster (PDF)

Many of our print materials are available to be co-branded with your organization. For more information, call 651-201-5414 or email health.foodill@state.mn.us. 
 

Fact sheets:

  • Campylobacteriosis Fact Sheet (PDF)
  • Cryptosporidiosis (Cryptosporidium) Fact Sheet (PDF)
    • Hmong (PDF)
    • Somali (PDF)
    • Spanish (PDF)
  • E. coli O157:H7 and HUS Fact Sheet (PDF)
  • Giardiasis (Giardia) Fact Sheet (PDF)
    • Hmong (PDF)
    • Somali (PDF)
    • Spanish (PDF)
  • Listeriosis Fact Sheet (PDF)
  • Norovirus Fact Sheet (PDF)
    • Spanish (PDF)
  • Salmonellosis Fact Sheet (PDF)
  • Scombroid Fish Poisoning (PDF)
  • Shigellosis Fact Sheet (PDF)
  • Toxoplasmosis Fact Sheet (PDF)
  • Vibrio Infection Fact Sheet (PDF)
  • Yersinia Fact Sheet (PDF)
     

Related print materials:

  • Food Safety Print Materials 
    Consumer and business foodborne illness prevention fact sheets, signs, posters, teaching curricula, and other materials that you can print and use.

     
  • Handwashing Posters and Print Materials
    Signs, posters, brochures, manuals, curricula, and other hand hygiene materials that you can print and use. 

     
  • Preventing Illness Associated with Animal Contact Print Materials
    Signs, posters and other materials that you can print and use about staying healthy on field trips to farms and petting zoos, chicks and salmonella, backyard poultry, and how to stay healthy around household pets.

     
  • Waterborne Illness Print Materials
    Fact sheets, posters, and other materials about waterborne illnesses that you can print and use.

 

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Last Updated: 10/30/2025
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