FDA Considers Two Laws to Prevent Spread of Food-Borne Diseases
FDA is proposing two new laws that could help it prevent the spread of food borne diseases that kill thousands of Americans every year.
FDA is proposing two new laws that could help it prevent the spread of food borne diseases that kill thousands of Americans every year.
"A local food safety problem can rapidly become an international emergency. Investigation of an outbreak of food-borne disease is vastly more complicated when a single plate or package of food contains ingredients from multiple countries," she said.
The study noted that a 2011 E coli outbreak in Germany caused $1.3 billion in losses to farmers and industry and $236 million in costs for emergency aid.
World Has Become Vulnerable to Food-borne Disease Outbreaks
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the world is more prone to outbreaks of disease caused by contaminated food because of growing global trade.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the world is more prone to outbreaks of disease caused by contaminated food because of growing global trade.
Source-Medindia
Salmonella Infections Increase in US
In recent years US cases of food-borne illness caused by salmonella have risen 10 percent.
In recent years US cases of food-borne illness caused by salmonella have risen 10 percent.
