Word: bacterias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to a statement from the CDC, about 92 percent of diagnosed food poisoning cases in 1987 were caused by bacteria. In the same year, 17 percent of food poisoning cases were caused by viral agents such as Norwalk
Already, Harvard has discontinued use with two vendors who supplied food in which bacteria levels were "unsatisfactory," Berry said...
Other measures include: The hiring of a consulting firm to do thrice-yearly check-ups; and the use of test strips rather than thermometers to check for bacteria levels...
...arrival of the real-life thriller The Hot Zone on the best-seller list, plus outbreaks of cholera, tuberculosis, Legionnaire's disease, hantavirus, plague and -- yes -- the flesh-eating version of streptococcus bacteria, have driven home a frightening truth: the war against infectious diseases is nowhere near over. In fact, because of drug-resistant bacteria and newly emerging viruses, medical science actually seems to be losing ground...
...bacterial toxin is released from living bacteria. When the food is cooked, the toxin remains, although the bacteria has been killed...