Foodborne disease infections are on the rise. Here are the most common
Story Date: 4/29/2019

 

Source: Denise Powell, CNN, 4/25/19

Every so often, the food in your fridge winds up in the news when there's an outbreak of illness linked to what we eat. A new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reportdetails the foodborne illnesses that struck most often in 2018. Researchers identified campylobacter, a bacteria most often found in chicken, raw milk and water, as the No. 1 cause of bacterial foodborne illness since 2013. In 2018, it was followed by salmonella, shiga toxin-producing E. coli, shigella and vibrio in the number of cases per 100,000 people.

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