Infographic: Forgetting Food Safety Costs Hundreds of Billions

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Peter Smith
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September 29, 2010 • 5:30 am PDT
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The food safety bill failed to come to a vote in the Senate and has been declared dead, in large part because of cost concerns. But how much will it really cost?

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Tags: politics,; health,; food,; food safety

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