Screen shot 2011-02-24 at 2.57.40 PM.pngMost state health departments encourage consumers to report food poisoning incidents to local health departments.  Food Safety News has provided links (see below) to pages on state health department or public health association Web sites where you can directly report a foodborne illness, or where you can obtain contact information to report your illness to your local public health agency. 

Food Safety News is considering ways to make it even easier for consumers to report illnesses quickly so foodborne illness outbreaks are stopped and restaurants and manufacturing problems are corrected.

Links below:

Alabama Department of Public Health

Alaska Division of Environmental Health

Arkansas Department of Health

California Department of Public Health

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Connecticut Department of Public Health

Delaware Division of Public Health

District of Columbia Food Safety and Hygiene Inspection Services Division

Florida Department of Health

Georgia Department of Community Health (pdf)

Hawaii Department of Health

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare

Illinois Department of Public Health

Indiana State Department of Health
 
Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals Food and Consumer Safety Bureau

Kansas Department of Health and Environment (pdf)

Kentucky Department for Public Health

Louisiana Center for Community Health

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Maryland Community Health Administration

Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services

Michigan Association for Local Public Health

Minnesota Department of Health

Mississippi State Department of Health

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (pdf)

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (pdf)

Nevada Department of Health and Human Services

New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
 
New Jersey Department of Health Services

New Mexico Department of Health

New York State Department of Health

North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors

North Dakota Department of Health

Ohio Department of Health

Oklahoma State Department of Health

Oregon Department of Human Services

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Puerto Rico Department of Health Office of Epidemiology

Rhode Island Department of Health

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

South Dakota Department of Health

Tennessee Department of Health

Texas Department of State Health Services

Utah Local Health Departments

Vermont Department of Health

Virginia Department of Health

US Virgin Islands

Washington State Department of Health

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Wyoming Department of Health