Contaminated Food: A More Watchful Eye Needed
Washington, D.C. -  July, 2009
The president, the new head of the Food and Drug Administration, and some members of Congress have all said in the last couple of months that cleaning up the nation's food supply is a major priority.

Their concern comes after outbreaks of illness in hundreds or thousands of people caused by contamination of such staples as peanut butter and spinach. But while those national outbreaks have received a lot of attention, the day-to-day risks are already high. The government estimates that every year 75 million Americans are sickened by food. About 375,000 are hospitalized, and 5,000 die.

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