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Annual Foodborne Illnesses Cost $77 Billion, Study Finds

By Helena Bottemiller on January 3, 2012

Foodborne illness poses a $77.7 billion economic burden in the United States annually, according to a new study published in the Journal of Food Protection.

The new estimate is significantly lower than the oft-cited $152 billion figure, which was calculated by Robert Scharff, a consumer science professor at Ohio State…

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Stomach Upsets Cost UK 11 Million Working Days

By News Desk on September 12, 2011

Nearly 17 million people suffer from stomach upsets in the UK every year, leading to about 11 million lost working days, according to research published last week by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

The study, led by the University of Manchester, looked at the impact of all cases of infectious…

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