This file can be used with the supplementary materials provided to estimate the findings in "An Economic Evaluation of the Whole Genome Sequencing Source Tracking Program in the U.S." library definitions for PLOSfulldata.xlsx NOTE: not all these variables are used in the presented analysis illnesses - number of annual illnesses by pathogen outbreak - number of annual outbreaks by pathogen avgill - average illnesses per outbreak per year by pathogen wgslib - number of WGS isolates per pathogen per year wgslib2 - number of WGS isolates per pathogen per year squared Year - observation year pathid - observation pathogen identifier pathogen 0/1 indicators: ecoli - E. coli listeria - Listeria monocytogenes salmonella - Salmonella adverse - adverse reactions bacill - Bacillus cereus cigua - Ciguatera clost - Clostridium botulinum crono - cronobacter crypto - Cryptosporidium spp. cyclo - Cyclospora cayetanensis fungus - Fungal contamination hepa - Hepatitis A virus myco - Mycotoxin noro - Norovirus para - Vibrio parahaemolyticus shig - shiga toxin staph - Staphylococcus aureus tetro - tetrodotoxin vibrio - Vibrio spp. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) 0/1 indicators: ppcrule - proposed rules passed fpcrule - final rules passed ipcrule - final rules implementation date Commodity 0/1 indicators: diary - dairy dietsup - dietary supplement egg - egg fish - finfish infant - infant formula multiple - multiple products produce - produce shellfish - shellfish unknown - unknown Year 0/1 indicators: y1 - 1999 y2 - 2000 y3 - 2001 y4 - 2002 y5 - 2003 y6 - 2004 y7 - 2005 y8 - 2006 y9 - 2007 y10 - 2008 y11 - 2009 y12 - 2010 y13 - 2011 y14 - 2012 y15 - 2013 y16 - 2014 y17 - 2015 y18 - 2016 y19 - 2017 y20 - 2018 y21 - 2019