Communicating foodborne disease risk.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Fischhoff, B. ; Downs, J. S.
• Description:
  The food industry, like many others, has a risk communication problem. That problem is manifested in the public's desire to know the truth about outbreaks of foodborne diseases; ongoing concern about the safety of foods, additives, and food-processing procedures; and continued apathy regarding aspects of routine food hygiene. If these concerns are addressed in a coherent and trustworthy way, the public will have better and cheaper food. However, sloppy risk communication can itself cause public health damage. Because citizens are ill-equipped to discriminate among information sources, the food industry as a whole bears responsibility for the successes and failures of its individual members. We review risk communication research and practice for their application to the food industry.
• Subjects:
  Communication Foodborne Diseases Food Industry Food Microbiology Humans Infection Risk
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 3(4):489-495.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  3
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8fb2da692d46236543ea4d3aa548e3073a7e15ad4965ecbd7d0c4d2713434cf2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15434/cdc_15434_DS1.pdf
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