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- Michelle Schoffro Cook
- December 16, 2010
- 5:11 pm
- 134 comments
According to new reports from the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately one in six Americans suffers from a food-borne illness annually.
By the CDC estimates: 48 million people in the U.S. become ill, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from food-borne diseases.
The study also concluded that salmonella was the leading cause of the hospitalizations and deaths while 90 percent of food-borne illness was caused by seven pathogens, including: salmonella, norovirus, campylobacter, toxoplasma, E.coli O157, listeria and Clostridium perfringens.
Here are 13 Ways to Protect Yourself:
1. Separate meats, especially poultry from produce while preparing foods.
2. Cook meat and poultry to the proper temperatures.
3. Promptly refrigerate leftovers; however, allow foods to cook before storing.
4. Store meat and poultry between 32 to 36 degrees Fahrenheit (0 to 2 degrees Celsius). Fish and shellfish 30 to 34 degrees Fahrenheit (-1 to 2 degrees Celsius) and eggs 38 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit (3 to 4 degrees Celsius). Produce can handle slightly warmer temperatures between 40 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit or 4 to 7 degrees Celsius.
Read more: Basics, Diet & Nutrition, Eating for Health, General Health, Green Kitchen Tips, Health, Health & Safety, Michelle Schoffro Cook, e. coli, food borne illness, food poisoning, listeria, pathogens, salmonella, toxoplasma
Michelle Schoffro Cook
Michelle Schoffro Cook
Michelle Schoffro Cook, MSc, RNCP, ROHP, DNM, PhD is an international best-selling and twelve-time book author and doctor of traditional natural medicine, whose works include: Healing Recipes, The Vitality Diet, Allergy-Proof, Arthritis-Proof, Total Body Detox, The Life Force Diet, The Ultimate pH Solution, The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan, and The Phytozyme Cure. Check out her natural health resources and subscribe to her free e-newsletter World's Healthiest News at WorldsHealthiestDiet.com.
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+ add your owngood reminders
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Thanks for these reminders.
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thanks for the tips especially the tea tree oil
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helpful article
Good advice. In Norway the shops are now required to display when the fresh fish was caught/buchered. This makes it very easy for the customer.
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