Food-borne illnesses cost the United States an estimated 2 billion each year in health-related charges, far more than previously thought, a recent report contends.
Sandra Eskin – Director of Food Safety at Washington's Pew Charitable Trust informed a recent press conference.
These health-related costs incorporate physician services, hospital services, medicines and in addition quality-of-life losses, such as death, pain, suffering and disability.
Reports Business Week