So; hrm, next time you’re deciding whether or not to microwave that affordable steam-tray roadkill before you eat it…
Shoddy restaurants and produce growers are currently costing the US economy $152B.
More numbers? These illnesses, involving Salmonella, E. Coli, Campylobacter, Listeria and a few others involve more than 76 Million people, out of which 5,000 die.
Some of these have MUCH higher total & individual costs, some shockingly so.
Those costs were not just limited to lost productivity, output delays, or even increased healthcare-premiums.
Some of the serious costs incurred were from the treatment of the conditions, like the ones people got from Shellfish or Listeria.
Check out the details over at the Links:
Photo Credits: “Insect World 2”, by Andrzej Pobiedziński, Olsztyn, Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland
Links:
• Source: BusinessWeek
• via ElspethJane
• More Coverage: USAToday | PEWTrusts-Safe Food Project
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