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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

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    ‘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

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      Same type of news as when a chain restaurant in other countries has people getting sick from tainted supplies.

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          The point is that there was an outbreak and if has to be dealt with quickly before it becomes an epidemic

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            the epidemic:

            people who had the meals complained of stomach upset and vomiting, the report said.

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              So is your point that this is just not important because the symptoms don’t sound that bad?

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                When someone downplays food poisoning in a school, and they’re hardly informed, you get this. Here’s your prime example of why COVID was worse than it would have been.

                “It’s only a cold”

                FFS.