Each Year 1 in 6 Americans Get Sick from Eating Contaminated Food, Costing $15.5 Billion
New Business Pulse Focuses on CDC’s Efforts to Protect Americans from Foodborne IllnessesFoodborne diseases are challenging for America’s employers—from rising healthcare costs associated with treating foodborne illnesses to lost worker productivity. Unsafe food that makes people sick has a ripple effect on businesses, communities and the U.S. economy. Annually, 128,000 people are hospitalized and 3,000 die from foodborne diseases. Foodborne illness, estimated to cost more than $15.5 billion annually, is a common, costly health problem that can be reduced. According to the U.S. Centers for
