Food poisoning
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What is food poisoning?
Food poisoning, or foodborne illness,
is an illness caused by eating contaminated food.
How serious is it?
1 in 6 people get sick each year from food poisoning
Each year about 48 million people get sick from food poisioning
128,000 are hospitalized per year
3,000 die per year