New York City (NYC) is home to over 24,000 restaurants, with each receiving a routine inspection of food safety practices by the NYC Depart­ ment of Health and Mental Hygiene at least once yearly. The department also investigates about 100 suspected restaurant-related foodborne illness outbreaks each year, and about 20–30 of these are confirmed and reported to the Centers for Disease Control an...

all people need food. unsafe foods; however, may cause diseases ranging from diarrhea to cancer. chemicals in food are a worldwide health concern. in 2006, the world health organization (who) organized a consultation on the global burden of foodborne diseases. work to estimate this burden began in 2007 and was carried out by the who foodborne disease burden epidemiology reference group (ferg), ...

*Author for correspondence: Phone: +1 302.831.6514; Fax: +1 302.831.6395; E-mail: [email protected] Broader food safety communication may help engage consumers and contribute to an overall improvement in food safety. Results of an online questionnaire demonstrate the importance of the Internet in food safety communications about foodborne illness outbreaks. Despite the great potential of social m...