Food Safety Informatics: A Public Health Imperative
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Food Safety Informatics: A Public Health Imperative
To date, little has been written about the implementation of utilizing food safety informatics as a technological tool to protect consumers, in real-time, against foodborne illnesses. Food safety outbreaks have become a major public health problem, causing an estimated 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Yet, government inspectors/regulators t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1947-2579
DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v3i2.3832