Friday, January 7, 2011

Food safety

About 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick; 128,000 are hospitalized; and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according to new estimates from US CDC. The Food Safety Modernization Act brings sweeping improvements to the security and safety of our nation’s food supply.

For more information, see this Q&A from from the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA).