Public health experts warn that consolidation in the food industry is exacerbating the cyclospora outbreak by enabling contaminated produce to spread farther through centralized distribution networks. Concentrated supply chains allow localized food contamination to rapidly escalate into national public health crises.
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Experts say food industry consolidation may be amplifying the cyclospora outbreak, allowing contaminated produce to spread farther.
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Food industry consolidation is spreading the cyclospora outbreak farther, experts say qz.com/food-industr... Centralized sourcing and distribution networks can turn a local contamination event into a multistate crisis, food safety experts say