Foodborne Illness In the United States
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that each year roughly one out of six Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases.
Eight known pathogens account for the vast majority of illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths.
Top five pathogens causing domestically acquired foodborne illness
Pathogen Estimated Annual Number of Illnesses
Norovirus 5,461,731
Salmonella, nontyphoidal 1,027,561
Clostidium perfringens 965,958
Campylobacter spp. 845,024
Staphylococcus aureus 241,148
Top five pathogens causing domestically acquired foodborne illnesses resulting in hospitalization
Pathogen Estimated Annual Number of IllnessesSalmonella, nontyphoidal 19,336
Norovirus 14,663
Campylobacter spp. 8,463
Toxoplasma gondii 4,428
E. coli (STEC) 0157 2,138Reducing foodborne illness by 10 percent would keep about five million Americans from getting sick each year. Pay attention to how food is handled, prepared and stored at home.
Source: Center for Disease Control
This is really bad thing. This will be must stop. This news is proved that American's health is now become poor. What is wrong with them. Which causes may responsible for that?
ReplyDeletethe situation isn't that serious, we need more control that's all
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