Thursday, March 15, 2012

Diseases from imported food on the rise: CDC

A fish wholesaler waits for customers at the Garak-dong agricultural and marine products market in SeoulWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Food-borne disease outbreaks in the United States caused by imports seemed to rise in 2009 and 2010, with fish and spices the most common sources, the Centers for Disease Control said. Almost half of the outbreaks, or localized epidemics, pointed to foods imported from areas that had not been linked to outbreaks before, the CDC said in a statement. ...


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