Sustainable food safety means managing risk, not erasing it

Friday, July 11, 2025 - 22:06 in Mathematics & Economics

In an ideal world, every piece of food we eat would be free of pathogens at all times. In the real world, though, where 600 million people contract a foodborne illness every year, this just isn't the case. In fact, it's impossible—microbes are just too ubiquitous, and food systems are too complex to eliminate them entirely.

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