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Food Safety and Foodborne Illness
Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to improve food safety. These efforts are in response
(51) an increasing number of food safety problems and
(52) consumer concerns.
Foodborne illnesses are
(53) as diseases, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food. Every person is
(54) risk of foodborne illness.
Foodbome diseases are a widespread and growing public health problem, both in developed
(55) developing countries. The global
(56) of foodborne disease is difficult to estimate, but it has been reported that in 2005
(57) 8 million people died from diarrhoeal diseases. A great
(58) of these cases can be attributed to contamination of food and drinking w
A. range
B. distance
C. order
D. arrangement