Meeting report: Second annual meeting of the World Health Organization initiative to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases.

The second annual meeting of foodborne disease experts and stakeholders was convened in Geneva, Switzerland from 17-21 November 2008. The meeting considered the progress of the World Health Organization's Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group towards estimating the global burden of foodborne disease from enteric, parasitic, and chemical and toxic causes. The four day expert meeting and one day stakeholder event were attended by over 150 participants from all World Health Organization regions.