The public may consider pesticides the No. 1 safety issue, but to Government officials and food experts the main problem is the way food is handled at the end of the supply chain, in restaurants and at home. Each year more than 7 million cases of illness develop as a result of contaminated food. Most of these ailments are minor, but others, such as meningitis and toxoplasmosis, are serious enough to cause 9,000 deaths. The economic costs in medical bills and lost wages and productivity add up to $10 billion. That is an enormous waste since most of the illnesses could...
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