Toxic foods killing thousands, UN told

AP , SEREMBAN, MALAYSIA
Tuesday, May 25, 2004,Page 5

Countries must try to ensure food is produced, handled and distributed more safely to prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide each year from food-borne illnesses, officials told a UN-backed conference yesterday.

Recent reports of toxic maize that is believed to have killed dozens of people in Kenya and the possibility of salmonella in raw almonds exported by a US company has underscored fears about how contaminated food can threaten people's health and disrupt international trade, said Hartwig de Haen of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

``From the farm to the final consumer, the risk of food-related outbreaks needs to be reduced,'' de Haen told government regulators, food industry officials and consumer activists from 42 Asian and Pacific Rim countries at the launch of a food safety conference.

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:kick:

One hundred and something deaths from vCJD possibly linked to BSE, hardly a blip statistically.

It's the pattern of poisoning and the utter disregard...

Contaminated food, water and air. Yeah, that's the ticket. :SIGH: