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Understanding the Costs of Unsafe Food

Food Safety Tech

The most immediate financial impact of unsafe food is incurred through direct medical expenses associated with treating foodborne illnesses. A 2018 World Bank study estimated that foodborne illnesses cost low- and middle-income countries around $110 billion annually in medical expenses alone. In the U.S.,

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Outbreak of Listeriosis in South Africa Associated with Processed Meat – Scientifically linked to Tiger Brands Polony

Bill Marler

monocytogenes infection during the period from June 11, 2017, to April 7, 2018. monocytogenes , as determined by means of bacterial culture or polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) assay of any clinical sample, during the outbreak period (June 11, 2017 [epidemiologic week 24 of that year], to April 7, 2018 [epidemiologic week 14]).

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