Food and Waterborne Disease Program
Food and Waterborne Disease Program
Food and Waterborne Disease Program
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Health Burden of <strong>Food</strong>borne <strong>Disease</strong>sin the United States• 48 million illnesses• 1 in 6 Americans gets a foodborne illness each year• 128,000 hospitalizations• 3,000 deaths• Most illness appears to be sporadic• 1,300 foodborne outbreaks reportedReference: <strong>Food</strong>borne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens, ElaineScallan,1 Robert M. Hoekstra, Frederick J. Angulo, Robert V. Tauxe, Marc-Alain Widdowson,Sharon L. Roy, Jeffery L. Jones, <strong>and</strong> Patricia M. Griffin8