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Article: UNDERSTANDING RISKS KEY TO AVOIDING FOOD POISONING
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- December 13, 1999
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YOUR NEIGHBOR'S VIEWPOINT
Guest Columnist Denise Schroeder is a consumer and family sciences extension educator. She can be reached by calling Jasper County Extension office, 886-5741.
Have you ever suffered from a touch of the 24-hour flu? Chances are the nausea, vomiting and diarrhea you experienced were actually cased by eating food contaminated with microorganisms, which caused food poisoning.
It is estimated that approximately 275 million cases of food poisoning occur in the United States each year. This makes food poisoning by far the greatest food safety problem in the United States. By learning what causes food ...