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Foodborne Illness (disease/infection):Foodborne illness (sometimes called "foodborne disease," foodborne infection," or "food poisoning") is common, costly, yet preventable, and it is a public health problem, Many different disease-causing microbes, or pathogens, can contaminate foods, so there are many different foodborne infections. There are also poisonous chemicals, or other harmful substances can cause foodborne disease if present in food.
Many microbes can be spread more than one way, so we cannot always know that a disease is foodborne. The distinction matters because public health authorities need to know how a particular disease is spreading so they are able to stop it.
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2010 Foodborne-Illness Outbreaks by Pathogen Linked to FDA-regulated Foods. The Pew Charitable Trusts. Web. 2011, Jan. 3.
http://www.pewhealth.org/reports-analysis/data-visualizations/2010-foodborne-illness-outbreaks-by-pathogen-linked-to-fda-regulated-foods-85899370907
E. coli (Escherichia coli). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web. 2013 Nov. 10.
http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/
2010 Foodborne-Illness Outbreaks by Pathogen Linked to FDA-regulated Foods. The Pew Charitable Trusts. Web. 2011, Jan. 3.
http://www.pewhealth.org/reports-analysis/data-visualizations/2010-foodborne-illness-outbreaks-by-pathogen-linked-to-fda-regulated-foods-85899370907
E. coli (Escherichia coli). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web. 2013 Nov. 10.
http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/