Leafy greens such as lettuce, spinach and kale accounted for the most
food-borne illnesses nationwide from 1998 through 2008, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

Dairy products accounted for the most hospitalizations. The most
deaths were linked to poultry.

Epidemiologists at the CDC found that leafy greens accounted for 23%
of illnesses and dairy products 14%. However, when they looked only at
hospitalizations, the lineup was different: Dairy products were
responsible for 16% of hospitalizations followed by leafy vegetables
at 14% and poultry 12%. For deaths, poultry accounted for 19%, then
dairy products at 10%.

....Griffin cautions that the dairy product numbers are misleading.
Many of the outbreaks linked to dairy products involve unpasteurized
milk and cream, but the vast majority of Americans drink and eat only
pasteurized dairy products.

"The weight of the raw milk outbreaks is making it look as if dairy is
a bigger source of illness than we actually think it is," she said.

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