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Increasing amount of imported food linked to illness
A new study from the Center for Disease Control says as demand for imported foods has grown so has the amount of foodborne disease outbreaks.
Lead researcher Hannah Gould tells Brownfield there are more foods imported into the U.S. than ever before. “Much of our food in the U.S. is imported, including nearly all of our fish and shellfish, about 97 percent, about half of fresh fruits and about a fifth of fresh vegetables.”
She says products are coming from all over the globe, but the study did find outbreaks in fish and seafood most likely were linked to Asia and most of the outbreaks in fresh produce were from places in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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