Source: Kristen Gutierrez, WRAL, 10/27/20

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 31 food-borne diseases are responsible for nearly 10 million human illnesses a year in the U.S. alone, with unidentified agents in food causing another 38 million illnesses. The North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative at North Carolina State University is working to reduce those numbers by joining forces with Cary-based SAS Institute and Microsoft for more in-depth analytics.

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