Food Safety

USDA, food safety group launch initiative to send safe food-handling message

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, December 7th, 2006

New research reveals consumers are not aware of the prevalence of foodborne illness. In response, the Partnership for Food Safety Education has joined with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to launch Be Food Safe, a new initiative to reach consumers with safe food handling messages.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 76 million cases of foodborne disease occur annually in the United States. These illnesses result in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths each year.

To help reduce the incidence of foodborne illness the Partnership for Food Safety Education is collaborating with the United States...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2006-12-07)

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