"The nation’s food safety grades are out and the results are mixed. Today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
includes CDC’s annual food safety report card, which shows that
foodborne infections continue to be an important public health problem
in the United States (US). The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance
Network, or FoodNet, tracks nine infections transmitted commonly through
food. For 2013, FoodNet identified just over 19,000 infections, 4,200
hospitalizations, and 80 deaths among 48 million residents of 10
states, or about 15% of the total US population..."
Food safety
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