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Food for Thought 2025

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Food for Thought 2025

Hospitalizations, deaths from contaminated food doubled in 2024 as recalls from Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli increased by 41%; 98% of all illnesses linked to just 13 outbreaks, ranging from cucumbers to deli meat

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Food for Thought – Archive of PIRG reports

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Food for Thought – Archive of PIRG reports

Public Interest Research has drilled down on food safety issues for years, with past research on food recall trends, grocery stores' effort to notify shoppers and the impact of haphazard date labels on food packaging.

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Ringing in Our Fears 2024

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Ringing in Our Fears 2024

Three years after the federal law took effect, less than half of phone companies have installed anti-robocall equipment; scam calls down only 17% while robotexts have tripled

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