Why Isn’t Our Food Supply Safe Yet?
It is estimated that 48 million people are infected by foodborne diseases in the United States each year, resulting in $152 billion in medical costs annually.
It is estimated that 48 million people are infected by foodborne diseases in the United States each year, resulting in $152 billion in medical costs annually.
Laurie David | Posted 05.25.2011
There's something seriously wrong with a food system that requires 80 percent of the country's antibiotics just to maintain itself. This food isn't healthy, and it's making -- and keeping -- us sick.
Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011
The UK had about 1 million foodborne cases or a weekly rate of 36 per 100,000 population versus the U.S. figure of between 90 and 540 per 100,000.
Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011
Monday, November 29 is our last best hope for the Senate to pass food safety reform. That's something I hope we can be thankful for next week.
TODAY Show | Posted 05.25.2011
Rodents, cockroaches, bare hands touching your food -- these are the things you may have to worry about the next time you find yourself in the food co...
Annie Spiegelman | Posted 05.25.2011
It's estimated that 27 percent of American 17- to 24-year-olds are now "too fat to serve" (in the military). Can the rising green-food movement save us from becoming America: home of the blobs?
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 08.05.2011