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March 07, 2013

When Good Food Goes Bad: Strengthening the US Response to Foodborne Disease Outbreak
Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2013
Foodborne illness sickens or kills an extraordinary number of people each year. It also has great economic costs. Last year, an outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupe in the United States sickened 146 and killed 30. In 2011, another outbreak in Germany that was eventually linked to contaminated sprouts, sickened more than 4,000 and caused at least 50 deaths. Foodborne disease outbreak response is a critical part of reducing the consequences of outbreaks that will occur in the future. If public ... read more

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