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Mar 8, 2011
President Barack Obama signed the "FDA Food Safety Modernization Act" into law on January 4, 2011. The new law is the first major update to the food safety authorities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in over 70 years. More info| Summary | Type |
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Listeria Victim's Son: ''Food Safety Should be Paramount in this Country''After losing his father, a World War II veteran who died from complications from Listeria, Paul F. Schwarz is now a tireless advocate for food safety. Here’s his story about his dad and the foodborne illness that took his life. More info |
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Foodborne Illness Victims Urge Obama To Release Draft Food Safety RulesFoodborne illness victim Haylee Bernstein and her mother, Rita, speak out about the importance of implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. More info |
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Congress Passes Landmark Food Safety LawPHG Deputy Director Erik Olson hails bipartisan food safety legislation as a significant step in modernizing our food safety system and protecting Americans' health. More info |
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Families Call for Senate Passage of Food Safety LegislationAs the U.S. Senate considers a landmark food safety bill, the Make Our Food Safe Coalition joins families of victims of foodborne illness in calling for swift action to improve the safety of our nation's food supply. More info |
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Food Safety Expert Calls for Legislation to Protect ConsumersIn light of the latest salmonella outbreak, Pew Health Group Deputy Director Erik Olson urges Congressional action to improve the safety of our nation's food supply. More info |
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Too SlowA multistate outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg infections linked to ground turkey in 2011 sickened 136 people, causing 37 hospitalizations and one death. The Pew Charitable Trusts' analysis of the outbreak found numerous inadequacies in the foodborne illness surveillance system that, if addressed, could help to prevent illnesses and, in some cases, deaths. More info |
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Health-Related Costs from Foodborne Illness in the United StatesThe report ranks states according to their total costs related to foodborne illness and cost per case for an individual, which is $1,850 on average nationwide. The ten states with the highest costs per case are: Hawaii, Florida, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, the District of Columbia, Mississippi, New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey. More info |
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Pregnant Women & Listeria: CDC Data Show High Rate of Infections for Expectant MomsCDC Data Show Alarmingly High Rate of Listeria Infections for Expectant MomsFrom 2004 2009, 29 percent of cases during pregnancy ended in miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death Data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Foodborne More info |
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Vibrio Infections in the U.S. Increased Significantly in Recent YearsDuring a 15-year span beginning in the mid-1990s, infections in the United States from the pathogen vibrio have increased threefold, according to data published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. More info |
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National Public Health WeekThis year's celebration of National Public Health Week (NPHW) focuses on the theme, "Public Health is ROI: Save Lives, Save Money." Join us in recognizing the work of Pew's Health Initiatives. More info |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Jennifer ExleyMy name is Jennifer Exley, and I reside in Centennial, Colorado. I am the daughter of Herbert Stevens, who was deeply impacted by listeria-contaminated cantaloupe in August 2011. As you well know, 147 people were sickened and 33 people died in that outbreak — the deadliest in 25 years. My father was one of the so-called lucky survivors. His health and quality of life was, and remains, seriously affected because of something he ate. More info |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Jeff AlmerJeff Almer's mother, Shirley Almer, a two-time cancer survivor, died right before Christmas 2008. She lost her life not because of a horrific disease, but due to an infection she got from something she ate. She had defied the odds and beaten brain cancer. It was peanut butter contaminated with salmonella that eventually took her away from her family. More info |
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Food Safety Victim Testimony: Rylee GustafsonRylee Gustafson is a Henderson, Nevada, resident who became ill from E. coli in spinach in 2006. More info |
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This graphic represents multistate foodborne illness outbreaks identified by the CDC since the Food Safety Modernization Act was enacted linked to products regulated by the FDA.
The Pew Charitable Trusts' analysis of the outbreak found numerous inadequacies in the surveillance system that, if addressed, could help to prevent future illnesses.
Erik Olson
Senior Director, Food Portfolio
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Sandra Eskin
Director, Food Safety
The Pew Charitable Trusts
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