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Food Safety and Foodborne Illness Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue. Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to ___ food safety. These efforts are in response an increasing number of food safety problems and ___ consumer concerns. Foodborne illnesses are as diseases，usually either infectious or toxic in nature， caused by agents that ___ the body through the ingestion of food. Every person is ___ risk of foodborne illness. Foodborne diseases are a widespread and growing public health ___ ，both in developed and developing countries. The global of foodborne disease is difficult to ___ ，but it has been reported that in 2005 alone 8 million people died from diarrhoeal diseases1.A great of these ___ can be attributed to contamination of food and drinking water. Additionally, diarrhoea is a ___ cause of malnutrition in infants and young children. In industrialized countries，the percentage of the population suffering from foodbome diseases each year has been ___ to be 10 up to 30%. In the United States of America，for example，around 76 million cases of foodborne diseases，resulting ___ 325，000 hospitalizations and 5，000 deaths, are estimated to occur each year. ___ less well documented，developing countries bear the brunt of the problem due to the presence of a wide ___ of foodborne diseases，including those caused by parasites. The high prevalence of diarrhoeal diseases in many developing countries suggests major ___ food safety problems. | 
