2007 CDC Foodnet data shows seven years of failure and thousands of uncessary deaths - (Consumer Federation of America)
April 11, 2008 – 9:33 pmThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control report on foodborne illness rates for seven pathogens in 2007 looks depressingly like the reports for the last six years.[1] The U.S. is no closer to reducing the toll of foodborne illness today than it was in 2001. Graphs portraying the record show a flat line stalled far above the National Health Objectives.[2] Even the CDC acknowledges little or no progress since 2001 in combating illnesses caused by these pathogens.
Food contaminated with disease-causing bacteria are still causing 76 million illnesses in the U.S. each year, sending 325,000 Americans to the hospital and killing 5,000, mostly young children, the elderly and those with chronic illnesses.
The record discredits U.S. Department of Agriculture claims that its programs are controlling foodborne disease caused by meat and poultry products and highlights the FDAs failure to commit resources to food inspection. It stands in stark contrast to the progress against […]
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