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Annual Cost of U.S. Food Poisoning: $77.7 Billion

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A new study published in the January 2012 edition of the Journal of Food Protection sets the aggregated annual cost of foodborne illness in the United States at $77.7 billion. The basic cost-of-illness model includes economic estimates for medical costs, productivity losses, and illness-related mortality based on value-of-statistical-life studies. Study author Robert L. Scharff based … Read more

Food Establishments Warned to Not Alter Routines During Testing for Listeria

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has warned food establishments to not alter their routine sanitation, manufacturing, and food safety procedures during tests for Listeria. If practices are altered during tests, FSIS’s ability to accurately assess the safety of the food is compromised. The notice was published December 28, 2011. … Read more

Winn-Dixie Recalls Italian Green Beans for Peanut Contamination

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Winn-Dixie stores is voluntarily recalling Winn-Dixie Brand canned Italian Green Beans because of potential for in-shell peanuts mixed in with the beans. The recall is being initiated “out of an abundance of caution” for consumer safety. There have been no reports of illness in connection with this product. Winn-Dixie has said they are “conducting a … Read more

Listeriosis Cases In Michigan May Be Linked To Recalled Cheese

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Michigan health officials have issued a recall of two cheeses from Green Cedar Dairy in Dearborn, Michigan after Listeria monocytogenes was found in tests by the agriculture department and two people who had exposure to the products contracted listeriosis, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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