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CDC: Food poisoning from salmonella up in United States

ATLANTA (AP) -- More Americans got food poisoning last year, with
salmonella cases driving the increase, the government reported Tuesday.
Illness rates for the most common serious type of E. coli fell last
year. There was a rise in cases caused by other strains of the bacteria,
although that bump may just reflect more testing was done for them, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

An unusually aggressive strain of E. coli is behind the current large
outbreak of food poisoning in Europe, mostly in Germany. That strain has
never caused an outbreak in the U.S.

The CDC estimates that 50 million Americans each year get sick from
foodborne illnesses, including about 3,000 who die.

The report released Tuesday is based on foodborne infections in only 10
states, or about 15 percent of the American population. But it has
information that other databases lack and is believed to be a good
indicator of food poisoning trends.

More than 19,000 cases of food poisoning were reported in those states
last year. That was up from 17,500 cases in 2009, and about 18,500 in
2008.

Last year, there were 4,200 hospitalizations and 68 deaths in those
states.
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Salmonella means poop in the food.

We want a smaller government with fewer food inspectors, right?
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America is not broke. The country is awash in wealth and cash.
It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the
greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks
and the portfolios of the uber-rich.
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