One time on Usenet, Bubba > said:

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> I know food safety is important. What I'm questioning is if it is a
> bigger issue now than, say....100 years ago. And I'm speaking of
> pathological contamination, not chemical. (Which IS a bigger problem)

While food poisoning can be a major health threat (think E-Coli),
IIRC, more often it's diarrhea and/or nausea which can take place
many hours after the meal is ingested. I suspect that people *did*
get sick, but chalked it up to "stomach flu" or something similar...


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