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Foodborne Illness costs the United States $17.6 billion yearly in 2018 dollars

Bill Marler

billion in 2018 dollars, holding the number of cases constant. From 2013 to 2018, inflation for the entire U.S. The cost of inpatient hospital services accounted for 74 percent of the inflation of medical care costs for foodborne illness between 2013 and 2018, ERS researchers found. billion in 2018 dollars).

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Settlement reached in Acute Kidney Failure case linked to 2017/2018 E. coli Outbreak

Bill Marler

Ultimately, the cluster included approximately 17 cases from ten states, all of whom had experienced an onset of symptoms from November 6, 2017, to January 9, 2018. . The Spring 2018 E. Almost all the confirmed cases in this outbreak, known by CDC Cluster Code 1804 MLEXH-1, occurred from March 13 through early May 2018. .

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Foodborne illness source attribution estimates for 2018 for Salmonella, E. coli O157, Listeria and Campylobacter are out

Bill Marler

The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) are out with their attribution (what foods are likely to be contaminated) for 2018. Here is the full report: P19-2018-report-TriAgency-508. Here is the Summary: Salmonella illnesses came from a wide variety of foods.

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Global Air Travel Capacity Set to Surpass Yearly Flight Figures in 2018 and 2019

Hospitality Net

Travel offered to both corporate and leisure clients combined is set to surpass the annual travel capacity in 2018 and 2019, that is according to FCM Consulting’s Q4-2023* Quarterly Global Trends Report, citing data from Cirium.

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2018 Romaine Yuma E. coli Outbreak – an ongoing narrative

Bill Marler

Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 13, 2018 to August 22, 2018. An example of a few of his points of concern: And, then the 2018 romaine lettuce E. coli Infections Associated with Romaine Lettuce – United States, 2018, Clinical Infectious Diseases (December 9, 2019), [link]. [2] However, most E.

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Middle East Hotel Construction Pipeline Marks Highest Year-Over-Year Project Growth Since 2018

Hospitality Net

The region boasts an impressive 11% year-over-year (YOY) increase in projects and a 2% YOY rise in rooms, marking the most substantial growth by projects since Q1 2018.

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INFOSAN Responded to Most Ever Food Safety Incidents in 2020–2021, Doubled from 2018–2019

Food Safety Magazine

In 2020–2021, FAO/WHO’s International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) responded to 375 international food safety events, which is nearly double the number of incidents in 2018–2019 and the highest number since the network was established in 2004.