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> CDC estimates that every year in the United States about 1 million people get sick from eating contaminated poultry. [1]

That seems at least 10x higher than I'd expect. I'm surprised it's that high.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/chicken.html



Not hard when the average American eats 96-113lbs of chicken a year. That’s about 8 billion chickens… American eat more chicken than red meat, chicken is also a cheaper protein than red meat.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/183645/per-capita-consum...

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22287530/chicken-beef-fac...


Less than .3% of the population getting sick from contaminated poultry seems very reasonable?




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