Half a billion cases of illness from contaminated food

Unsafe food is 'growing global threat', says WHO - BBC News:

"Eating food contaminated with bugs leads to more than half a billion cases of illness a year, the World Health Organization warns.
It says this "global threat" contributed to 351,000 deaths in 2010.
Unsafe foods, for example undercooked meat, can cause 200 problems - from diarrhoea to cancer.
But changes in food production mean there are more opportunities for meals to harbour harmful bugs or chemicals, experts say."



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