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Food Parasite Warning
Mike Mitka
JAMA. 2002;287:2645.
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Increased international travel, worldwide food trade, and consumption of raw and undercooked foods is increasing the exposure of people in the United States to parasitic illness, said researchers in the April issue of Food Technology.
The peer-reviewed Scientific Status Summary, "Parasites and the Food Supply," notes that heightened concern about foodborne parasites also arises from the increasing number of immunocompromised individuals, the emergence of parasites not previously associated with adverse health effects, and the transmission of parasites to food via contaminated water. The summary lists more than 100 known parasites that can be found in the food supply and tells where they originate.
The summary gives attention to the difficulties of recognizing parasitic illness, noting the similarities to bacterial illness. The ability to recognize parasitic illness is important, since more than 2 million cases are recorded annually in the United States.
It is essential to develop precautionary processing . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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