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How Safe Is Our Food? A Top Food Safety Expert Shares Context and Tips to Use During the Cyclospora Outbreak

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The number of states reporting people sick from the parasite cyclospora has risen to 41. Many questions remain about:

  • The source of the outbreak.
  • Why cyclospora presents such a challenge to track as a foodborne illness.
  • What proper precautions every family should apply to keep its food as parasite-free as possible!

Food safety expert Gretchen Wall, senior director of food safety at the leading consulting group Food Safety Strategy, provides clarity and context about what makes this outbreak particularly unusual and explains what it tells us about the current state of food safety in America overall.

00:14 Meet Food Safety Expert Gretchen Wall

01:18 Why Cyclospora Is Unique

02:16 Life Cycle And Transmission

03:52 Why This Year Is Bigger

04:45 Tracing The Source

06:15 How Contamination Spreads

08:08 Taco Bell Confusion

08:56 Testing Limits Explained

10:19 Cooking Versus Fresh Risk

12:08 Washing Produce Advice

14:13 Do Home Washes Work

14:40 Should You Still Eat Produce

16:30 Food Safety In America

18:19 Media Focus And Prevention

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