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Bacteria found in bento box lunches in Japan that poisoned nearly 400 people

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- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/24/china-executes-milk-scandal-pair
  China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman today for their role in a tainted infant formula scandal in which at least six children died and 300,000 were made ill, state media said.
  Nineteen others have been jailed since January in connection with the case, which involved deliberately contaminating milk with melamine, a chemical used in manufacturing plastics and fertilisers. It resulted in product recalls around the world and caused outrage in China, particularly when details of a cover-up emerged.
  https://levinlaw.com/Similac-Baby-Food-Lawsuits
  On February 15, 2023, Business Insider reported that Similac’s manufacturer, Abbott, could face criminal penalties of up to $500,000 for each offense as the Department of Justice probes the factory conditions that led to a nationwide baby food shortage.
  Nice try racist, bet you didn't even know that this happens regularly in the west.
  CDC estimates 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne diseases each year in the United States. CDC provides estimates for two major groups of foodborne illnesses – known pathogens and unspecified agents.
  https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/pdfs/scallan-estimated-hospitalizations-deaths-foodborne-pathogens.pdf
  We estimate that there are 180 deaths per year in the UK (95% CrI 113 to 359) caused by foodborne disease based on these 11 pathogens. While this is a small fraction of the estimated 2.4 million cases of foodborne illness per year it still illustrates the potential severity of these illnesses demonstrating the importance in continuing efforts to reduce these infections.
  https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000377
  Compared to China:
  From 2002 to 2017, China reported 2815 outbreaks caused by foodborne diseases related to meat and meat products, resulting in 52,122 illnesses and 25,361 hospitalizations, and 96 deaths.
  https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/fpd.2022.0028
  
  Uh, executed?
  They caused serious harm but you are bringing out a state execution as an example of appropriate action in regards to an outbreak?
  
  You can't convince me that food in China is safe, I've seen enough videos of people collecting and using gutter oil from sewage and trash bins. Fucking disgusting.
  Plus isn't there a huge protest going on over food safety concerns in school canteens? Didn't they just find rats in kids meals?
  As for data, as far as I'm concerned, every piece of data coming from the CPC is at best inaccurate, at worst an outright lie.
  
  does daddy know you’re peeking over the wall?
  
  You would need to compare China to Japan or India to make the point you're trying to make. Comparing to the USA does nothing at all.
Boy, I could really go for some bento right about now
'eating raw fish can cause food poisoning'
fishing based cultures: lmao eating raw fish is part of our heritage, as long as we have food regulations it should be fine most of the time
people still get occasional food poisoning from eating raw fish
suprised pikachu face
Welp so much for eating fish raw
400 people is like 1 schools' canteen poisoning's worth, why is this important?
- Same type of news as when a chain restaurant in other countries has people getting sick from tainted supplies.
  
  a chain restaurant affects much more people though
- To raise awareness of hygienic standards in the restaurant industry? For, you know, public health reasons?

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