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The UK has been successful at keeping Salmonella at bay whereas America loses 400 people a year to it.

• refurb 5y ago
  In the UK “Foodborne norovirus is projected to cause 56 deaths per year, Salmonella 33 deaths, Listeria monocytogenes 26, Clostridium perfringens 25, and Campylobacter 21.” Not quite “at bay”, right? https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/07/research-shows-estimated-180-deaths-per-year-in-uk-because-of-foodborne-illness/ https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/07/research-shows-estima...
  • gruez 5y ago
    >Salmonella 33 deaths Normalized to US population numbers it's 164 deaths. That's much lower than 400, but I agree that it's not really "at bay".
    • is_true 5y ago
      I think consumption per capita should be considered too
• BugsJustFindMe 5y ago
  This says that England and Wales report 14.8 cases of salmonella per 100k people. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/711972/salmonella_data_2007_to_2016_may_2018.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... And this says in the US it's 17.8. https://wonder.cdc.gov/nndss/static/2019/annual/2019-table1.html https://wonder.cdc.gov/nndss/static/2019/annual/2019-table1.... So the UK reports fewer cases but not significantly fewer per capita. Also many salmonella cases are not from chicken. The US for instance reports outbreaks caused by pet lizards and many other kinds of food from mangoes to salami.
  • pyuser583 5y ago
    The US and UK also have very different reporting systems. One issue is that the US doesn’t keep track of whether the salmonella was contracted in a foreign country. The UK does. More broadly, the UK is worried the US isn’t properly monitoring the issue.
• throwawaymanbot 5y ago