date:Jun 14, 2012
The foodborne illness is contracted from undercooked meats as well as soil contaminated with cat faeces. Infections hospitalize 4,000 people and kill 300 every year in the US.
The study stated that a rise in toxoplasmosis cases can be attributed to increased consumption of free-range and organically raised meat because free-range and organic animals are more likely to forage and come into contact with cat droppings, which carry the parasite.
The USA has seen an increase in organic and free-ran