In 2018, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) approximated the economic burden of foodborne illness to be $17.6 million. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year one in six Americans get sick – with 128,000 becoming hospitalized and 3,000 dying – from foodborne illness. The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak […]

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