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Zeeshan

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Posted 22 March 2010 - 07:52 AM

A report sponsored by the Produce Safety Project at Georgetown University puts the health-related price tag at $152 billion a year. That's more than four times an earlier USDA estimate.

http://articles.lati...fety3-2010mar03


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Posted 26 March 2010 - 08:09 PM

A report sponsored by the Produce Safety Project at Georgetown University puts the health-related price tag at $152 billion a year. That's more than four times an earlier USDA estimate.

http://articles.lati...fety3-2010mar03

That's an immense amount of money Zeeshan and if anywhere near accurate it shows the challenge ahead not just in terms of cost saving but also the human tragedy behind the figures.

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