New CDC data of food-borne diseases Coupled With FoodNet data trends, spending suggest that United States food supply security is improving (prnewswire.com)

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2010/PRNewswire-USNewswire /-the American Institute of meat said he was encouraged by the conclusion of two new documents released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today who believe that low number of foodborne illness occur each year that thought.

In a teleconference, CDC said FoodNet annual monitoring of new pathogens surveillance is showed a twenty to one hundred annual decrease of laboratory confirmed disease.

"The new data, coupled with FoodNet data trends confirm that we have known: that our food is get safer every day," said AMI Foundation President James h. Hodges, who oversees research program of the Foundation food security. ""

"New data tell us that our food security strategies have worked and we need to support our research efforts." "Even a food poisoning linked to meat and poultry products are cause for concern and we are not satisfied until our food supply is safe," commented Hodges.

According to the new CDC numbers, 9.4 million and disease, hospitalization 55,961 1 351 deaths per year are caused by known foodborne pathogens. The data represent the first comprehensive analysis published by CDC from a 1999 paper published by Mr. Paul Mead. This document was estimated as known foodborne pathogens caused diseases, 60 000 hospitalizations and 1,800 deaths 14 million.

According to new estimates, disease-causing pathogens most were noro virus (58%); identification spp. (11%). C. perfringens (10%) and Campylobacter (9%). The main causes of death by pathogen were nontyhpoidal Salmonella spp. (28%); T. gondii (24%). L. monocytogenes (19%) and noroviruses (11%). Document not foodborne illness attributed to their food sources.

CDC said "unspecified agents" also cause of foodborne 38.4 million, 71,878 hospitalizations and 1.686 deaths each year. CDC sets unspecified agents as "a group of less including agents" that can be the cause of food-borne illnesses including mushrooms and marine biotoxins and little-known pathogenic bacteria such as Aeoromonas Edwarsiella, Plesiomonas. Unspecified agents cause 80 percent of all diseases and 56 percent of all hospital admissions and death.

CDC said in a press release that the documents provide the most accurate estimate so far on foodborne pathogens are causing disease, as well as estimating the proportion of without a known cause foodborne illness.

To display a series of maps illustrating the data, click here: http://bit.ly/eyj1I8.

Founded in 1906, the American Institute of meat (AMI) is the national trade association, headquartered in Washington, D.C., provides leadership to promote the interests of American meat and poultry, packing and processing companies, 526,000 workers they employ and the consumers they serve.  FRIEND membership is very varied, ranging from large companies listed on small family businesses.  Collectively, AMI member companies, which produce 90% of beef, pork, veal and lamb products and 70% of Turkey to the United States offer the safest, most abundant and affordable meat and poultry products in the world.

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Wheels: Volkswagen Golf R entitled United States (NY Times).

European version of the Volkswagen Golf r Thursday, VW announced its intention to make the car to the United States.

For Volkswagen enthusiasts who have missed the quotient of performance on some of its recent models - is the new Jetta come to mind? -There is a hot - rod VW just over a year, said Jonathan Browning, President of Volkswagen of America.

Mr. Browning, speaking of the International Motor Press Association in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday monthly meeting announced its intention to the golf course, which is on sale in Europe for more than a year, the United States R in 2012.

He said the R "" isn't for everyone - for example, it comes with only a manual transmission - but among car enthusiasts demand is clear. "" Unlike previous high performance R32 outbreak, which came with the VW VR6 engine new R comes with a motor 4 cylinder turbocharged, 2 litres.

Although the engine in the golf all-wheel-drive is based on 2-liter turbocharged engine in the VW GTI, it has more power. Version planned for the United States will be 256 horses, a generous bump on the GTI 200.

Golf R will be available as 2- and 4-door. No price has been given, but a good estimate is approximately $32,000.

As well as VW a player more cost-effective in the important market of United States, Mr. Browning, who took the head of the group in America three months ago said that he "inherited a team with a few good momentum which was already starting to show results.

He said the new Jetta, which is targeted at reached North America sales of 12,000 units in its first two months on the market and sales in a resistant economy in 2010 have up to 20 per cent in the previous year.

He added: "my focus is not on the number, based on the products that drive our growth strategy". He said he understood those who doubted its objectives. "I also know that Volkswagen has a long way to go the United States."

Mr. Browning announced a collaboration between the mark and the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, manufacturer of iconic, Stratocaster to create an audio system high-end, decorated with equipped with speakers from Panasonic, in some models. The first installation of Fender appear in the spring in the Jetta 2011 IAM and replacement of news for the Passat sedan and beetle generation 2012 later than in 2011.