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Consumers Hear Only Half The Story On Food-Borne Illness
2014-03-26 04:08:00| Beef
The beef industry's goal is zero foodborne illness. My intent isnt to trivialize human disease; I fully recognize the gravity of the hospitalizations and death resulting from foodborne illnesses. However, to discuss such cases without reference to consumption is irresponsible. Of course, any effort by interests to drum up funding support is more effective if they cite 639,640 cases (the numerator) of foodborne illness, without considering the denominator and referencing that only 0.0006% of beef meals resulted in a foodborne disease. Its also important to note that not all these cases are due to pathogens that came into the final food product source on the meat. Vet's Opinion read more
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