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Introduction
Foodborne illness is a major cause of illness, death, and economic burden in the United States (Food and Drug Administration [FDA], Foo...
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The history of food safety regulation has been a history of food safety crises and regulatory responses to those crises. (1) As that is the case, most...
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Traditionally food safety had to do with minimizing the immediate risks arising from consuming a risky food. Usually it requires attention on how to prevent the distribution of food that is not fresh, how to avoid the existence of toxics and pest control materials in foods, and monitoring that the various industrial additives, which are added during production, do not exceed safety regulations. This distinction between "good food" and "bad food" as based on the quality of the food is important in reducing the risk arising from eating something that is dangerous for people, but it ignores another kind of risk which is due to over-eating. The following paper expands the definition of food safety by distinguishing between the quality and the quantity of food consumed. Although it is diffic...
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From Salmonella-contaminated grape tomatoes to smoked salmon laced with Listeria, pathogens in the food stream always make headlines.
Rightly so, considering the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that each year one out of six Americans gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die of food-borne diseases. Nearly three-quarters of consumers are more concerned about food safety vs. five years ago, according to a Deloitte 2011 Consumer Food and Product Insights Survey. This represents a jump of 8 percentage points since the same survey was conducted in 2011.
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CHICAGO, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Each year, about 76 million people get sick, 325,000 are hospitalized and 5,000 die from foodborne illness. Ensuring food is safe to eat is -- a critical part of healthy eating, according to the newly released 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The American Dietetic Association and ConAgra Foods' public awareness campaign Home Food Safety supports the Dietary Guidelines' emphasis on the importance of food safety and the role each individual plays in keeping foodborne illness out of our homes.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110308/DC61227LOGO )
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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED AGENCIES HOLDS...