TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Food Poisoning A1 - Fil, Laura J. A1 - Tunik, Michael G. A2 - Nelson, Lewis S. A2 - Howland, Mary Ann A2 - Lewin, Neal A. A2 - Smith, Silas W. A2 - Goldfrank, Lewis R. A2 - Hoffman, Robert S. PY - 2019 T2 - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e AB - Each year in the United States known foodborne pathogens are responsible for approximately 30.7 million illnesses, 228,144 hospitalizations, and 2,612 deaths.47 It is estimated that foodborne illness costs an annual burden to the American society of 36 billion dollars, which is estimated to be an average cost burden per illness of $3,630.143 Worldwide food distribution, large-scale national food preparation and distribution networks, limited food regulatory practices, and corporate greed place everyone at risk. Food poisoning causes morbidity and mortality by one or more of the following mechanisms: (bacteria, viruses and parasites) that can be transmitted in food; toxins that are produced by organisms, can be consumed in food; and xenobiotics can be inadvertently or purposefully used to contaminate food and ultimately be ingested. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163010855 ER -