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Food Safety and Bacterial Diseases – we need more information!

We need more information on food safety!

Despite modest declines in outbreaks of severe bacterial foodborne diseases, food handling illnesses continue to afflict many thousands of people annually.

New upgraded online food safety information will better serve educators and consumers seeking information to help reduce risk of food-borne illness.

The national on-line food safety information better serves educators and consumers seeking information to help reduce risk of foodborne illness.

Information on food safety affects the public health situation and there is a need for more info to be made available. Info is widely utilized by consumers, educators, dietitians and public health officials across the United States to help them prevent disease and complications that may adversely reflect on health issues.

Our goal should be to make information on food safety fully accessible to the public. We know at least two-thirds of adults turn to the Internet for basic safe food handling information so there is a need for this kind of information.

Experts agree that education on basic safe food handling is vital to reducing incidence. A recent study reveals that much progress has been made increasing awareness of safe food handling practices, but more work remains to be done.

There is danger out there lurking in bacteria, chemicals and preservatives.

Manufacturers need to be held responsible for birth defects from failing to adequately warn the public about health concerns. While they may have successfully provided themselves with a pleas in their defense known as the American Conference of Industrial Hygienists, they need to come to the table and particiapte with full disclosure.

Food is a part of everyday life and chemicals in the stuff we eat can impact us.

Unfortunately OSHA has adopted weak standards.

Can we really expect the government to protect our health?

What do you think?

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