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Bridget M. Kuehn

JAMA. 2005;294:2683-2684.

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Few diners may realize that a single hamburger might contain meat from many cows, involve ingredients from different states or countries, and be handled at multiple facilities. Most are also unaware that if they become ill from eating a contaminated burger, the complexity of the food supply chain makes tracing outbreaks of foodborne illness a difficult task, according to health officials gathered in Washington, DC, in late October for a workshop on the challenges facing agencies charged with protecting the public from contaminated foods.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), foodborne infections and other acute diarrheal illnesses affect 76 million people in the United States each year. Preventive efforts have helped reduce the incidence of infections with certain pathogens since the period between 1996 and 1998 (Vugia et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005;54:352-356). However, challenges remain and changes in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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