US DEPT OF HHS: CDC data provides most complete es estimate to date on food-borne disease in the US.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 September 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: CDC data provides most complete estimate to date on food-borne disease in the United States (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:160999 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today the most complete estimate to date on the incidence of food-borne disease in the United States.

According to data published in the current issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC's peer-reviewed journal that tracks new and reemerging infectious diseases worldwide, diseases caused by food may cause an estimated 325,000 serious illnesses resulting in hospitalizations, 76 million cases of gastrointestinal illnesses, and 5,000 deaths each year. "While the U.S. food supply remains one of the safest in the...