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World Service,18 Aug 2005,22 mins

Making Food Safe

Health Matters

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Safety issues with food, from bacteria to chemical substances and cancer-causing parasites. Food safety is a global public health issue, and food poisoning is a large scale problem. It is estimated that one third of the world's population are infected from bacteria in food. Up to 2 million people die every year from diarrhoea caused by food poisoning, with children and older people most at risk.

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