date:Dec 08, 2022
ited States, 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne diseases.
Those numbers are staggering and unacceptable, says Shannon Illingworth, founder of Know the Grow.
That lettuce on your plate may have come from thousands of miles away, picked way ahead of its peak flavor and nutritional value, and may have been exposed to pathogens in dozens of ways during its voyage from seedling to your table, he said.
According to the CDC, Germs can contaminate leafy