Tainted: The Flawed Meat-Safety System--An Unseen Killer's Toll. Aparna Surendran.
by Surendran, Aparna; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 49Health. Publisher: Philadelphia Inquirer, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Cerebral palsy | Escherichia coli | Food contamination | Foodborne diseases | Listeria monocytogenes | Meat industry and trade | United States Dept. of Agriculture | Wrongful deathDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Each year in the United Sates, food contamination causes 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. The four most common bacteria found in meat are E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, salmonella and campylobacter. According to estimated figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, E. coli accounts for 73,000 illnesses and 60 deaths in the United States each year. There are 2,500 illnesses and 500 deaths due to listeria annually. Salmonella causes 1.4 million illnesses and more than 500 deaths, and campylobacter causes 2.4 million illnesses and 124 deaths each year." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article profiles victims of food-borne illnesses.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Tainted: The Flawed Meat-Safety System--An Unseen Killer's Toll, May 19, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Each year in the United Sates, food contamination causes 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. The four most common bacteria found in meat are E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, salmonella and campylobacter. According to estimated figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, E. coli accounts for 73,000 illnesses and 60 deaths in the United States each year. There are 2,500 illnesses and 500 deaths due to listeria annually. Salmonella causes 1.4 million illnesses and more than 500 deaths, and campylobacter causes 2.4 million illnesses and 124 deaths each year." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article profiles victims of food-borne illnesses.
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