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The chair of the group behind revised foodborne illness figures has hailed the “encouraging” progress in reducing infections but warned that the burden is still “significant.”
Speaking on a webinar discussing key findings from the 2026 edition of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) estimates on the global burden of foodborne diseases, Rob Lake said the aggregated trend is a positive picture.
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