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    • Cost Estimates of Foodborne Illnesses

    Metadata Updated: April 21, 2025

    The Cost Estimates of Foodborne Illnesses data product provides detailed data about the costs of major foodborne illnesses in the United States, updating and extending previous ERS research. Cost estimates of foodborne illnesses have been used in the past to help inform food-safety policy discussions, and these updated cost estimates will provide a foundation for economic analysis of food safety policy.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/cost-estimates-of-foodborne-illnesses/documentation.aspx
    http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/cost-estimates-of-foodborne-illnesses/how-to-read-a-worksheet.aspx

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 21, 2025
    Publisher Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture
    Maintainer
    Identifier USDA-ERS-29192
    Data First Published 2019-08-20
    Language us-EN
    Data Last Modified 2019-08-20
    Category food
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff "Human Health"
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:13
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Data Dictionary http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/cost-estimates-of-foodborne-illnesses/glossary.aspx
    Harvest Object Id 3ef311c0-7f66-4c8c-aae0-4109a4bd6dfd
    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    Homepage URL http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/cost-estimates-of-foodborne-illnesses.aspx
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 005:041
    Related Documents http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/cost-estimates-of-foodborne-illnesses/documentation.aspx, http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/cost-estimates-of-foodborne-illnesses/how-to-read-a-worksheet.aspx
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash eafc60b36e69368f42bb2777447e588fd95b499d6b64b65b2b55210e10c38b7d
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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    Temporal 2013-01-01/2013-12-31

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