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Top 10 Riskiest Foods (slideshow)
What do strawberries and oysters have in common? Both make the list of the top ten foods responsible for the most outbreaks of foodborne illness in the United States. Oysters, okay–but berries?
A century ago, typhoid fever, tuberculosis and cholera were the common foodborne diseases. Improvements in food safety (think pasteurization, safe canning, disinfection of water supplies) have conquered those diseases–but a host of other foodborne diseases have stepped up to the plate, so to speak, to take their places. Foodborne disease outbreaks are currently responsible for tens of millions of illnesses, hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations, and thousands of deaths every year in the United States.
This week the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) published their report of the top ten riskiest foods (FDA Top Ten) overseen by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA is responsible for regulating produce, seafood, egg and dairy products, as well as packaged foods such as cookie dough and peanut butter. The FDA regulates nearly 80 percent of the American food supply. From the CSPI, here they are–followed by precautions from the CDC on how to reduce the risk:
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add your comment »Its sad that some of the foods that are supposed to be really healthy for us can make us sick.
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Wow! I was surprised to see a couple of these, like potatoes, and strawberries. But it stands to reason, due to what they are grown in and fertilized with. I would think just about all of our veggies and some fruits could have the capacity to hold all types of bacteria that could lead to contamination, and like eggs, we already know many carry bacteria, but like some people or bigger restaurants may leave them sitting out rather than being in the frig all the time, which leaves room for salmonella and other kinds of food borne bacteria to cause us grief. For me I usually like my eggs "sunny side up" but now I always ask for them cook well due to the risks. Any kind of raw seafood I sure do not want. While I was in Florida one time for a week, the tuna, Maui Maui was in season. But, rather than it cooked well done, everyone was eating it, practically raw, just seared on the outside. I just could not handle the thought of eating it, and so I took one bite from someone else and was thrilled I did not order any. As much as I love seafood, the Tuna was not one I would try again.
I get to where I microwave chicken, and some of my meat before I cook them. A minute or so in the microwave and it helps to kill bacteria. I also put my sponges and cup towels in the microwave for 30 seconds or so to kill off bacteria on them, plus I use the Clorox Anywhere and spray everything down especially after cutting up chicken, and so forth.
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MArk B said:
"Trying to kill all bacteria and similar organism creates supper bugs that become resistant to humans attempts to control."
Exactly.
Which is what brought us to where we are today: a society of ultrasensitive wimps who are allergic to everything under the sun and their mother...
Yet "mysterious" diseases and previously unheard of "conditions" just keep proliferating!
Now, isn't that strange?
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Thanks for taking the time to write this lengthly article filled with what we should not eat. You could have said how to control the sitation to make it safe to eat these foods. I will not change my diet because of your article: I already take percautions when cooking/eating many of the foods you listed. Also, I grow some veggies in my garden and buy fresh from farmer's markets and grocery stores who I trust have fresh home grown safe produce, etc.
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Thanks for the article. I found it both interesting and practical. It won't change what foods we buy, but it will reduce the liklehood of sickness.
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Again, I encourage you to stop this inane type of constructing an article it is a total wast of time1 What is wrong with just publishing a list that people can read an form opinions about and respond to. I read many of the responses but will not read these time consuming games of how many pages can I stretch out a simple article. the web is a wonderful source of information and if your site continues to waste my time I will have to drop it regardless of the valuable information it imparts! At least include a printer friendly copy!
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I am VERY disappointed to see this type of article on Care2! Like we should trust the FDA and the CDC to tell us what to eat and what is good or not good for us?? The very same organizations that are poisoning us with pharmaceuticals, pesticides, herbicides, over-use of antibiotics... The problem is not the food but the practices the FDA has allowed to be used. This article is nothing more than another "be afraid, be very, very afraid, so WE (the gov and big pharm) can swoop down and save you with all our expensive and unnecessary drugs and vaccines! I'm so glad to read here that most people aren't buying it. Thank you to all who can read between the lines!! And shame on the author, I expect truth here, not propaganda!
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I finally read the list and I think everything can be safe if handled properly. The produce items on the list from small local farmers or from your own garden are safe, as long as you practice organic procedures. The animal items are easier to contaminate.
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Mabey u should list what is safe??????????it seem's mabey nothing? so do we just stop eating every thing and see what happen's? LOL
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This article is very misleading. The reason people may become ill from eating fruits and vegitables has to do with how they are handled and the environment in which they grow. With the exception of animal products, it is not the food that is the problem, rather the chemicals used in their growth and the bacteria that contaminates them from mishandling. I'm disappointed to see such a scare tactic type article on Care2.
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