Food Safety
Food-borne illness strikes at least 2 billion people a year
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 7th, 2004
Illness from food-borne disease, which can lead to death, affects every country of the world, said the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization, which are hosting the world's largest meeting of health, agriculture and trade regulators to tackle the problem.
"Food safety regulators of the world need to intensify their collaboration," the agencies said in a joint statement about the 3-day meeting in Bangkok.
"There are just too many threats to the safety of...
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