Foodborne Illness is on the Rise: Are You Especially at Risk?

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By Julie Fidler

If it seems like this summer has brought about food recall after food recall, well, you’re not wrong. A great many products have been pulled from shelves in the past few months, most of them vegetables. It seems that foodborne illness is on the rise, in general. [1]

About 1 in 6 Americans is struck down by food poisoning each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The agency estimates that 48 million Americans are sickened due to 1 or another of 31 pathogens. Foodborne illness lands 128,000 people in the hospital every year and claims the lives …read more

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