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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe CDC will no longer monitor for listeria.. listeria can cause miscarriage and still birth
The insanity continues.. I taught food safety as part of my position for the last 10 years before I retired. Listeria infection can lead to miscarriage and still birth. Apparently we can no longer educate and tract infection rates to keep babies and mothers healthy and alive , What in the hell is going on in DC??
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/ap-cdc-dramatically-scales-back-program-that-tracks-food-poisoning-infections/
"Federal health officials have dramatically scaled back a program that has tracked food poisoning infections in the U.S. for three decades.
The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, has cut required monitoring to just two pathogens that cause infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thats down from eight.
Under the change, which began in July, health departments in 10 states that participate in the joint state and federal program will be required to monitor only foodborne infections caused by salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli bacteria. Those are among the top contributors to foodborne illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S., the CDC said"
Silent Type
(12,412 posts)salmonella, etc.
Monitoring for the six pathogens is no longer required for the 10 states that participate in the program, though those states arent precluded from conducting surveillance on their own. - NBC News
Irish_Dem
(81,880 posts)Costs too much money to save babies and mothers.
Letting them die is much cheaper.
LeftInTX
(34,560 posts)Norrrm
(5,272 posts)markie
(24,027 posts)Listeria killed someone very, very close to me . What the hell is going on 🤬