Keeping food safe is easy if you follow a few simple rules. Last year, people became sick after drinking contaminated water in Washington County, New York and swimming in contaminated water in Clark County, Washington. An estimated 73,000 cases of infection and 61 deaths occur in the United States each year.
Infection often leads to bloody diarrhea, and occasionally to kidney failure.
Most illness has been associated with eating undercooked, contaminated ground beef. Infection can also occur after drinking raw milk and after swimming in or drinking sewage-contaminated water. Rate It Food Safety Information - Food Safety information and resources for consumers, educators, researchers and absolutely anyone that wants to know more about preventing foodborne illness. Occasionally vomiting occurs. Fever is either low-grade or absent.