CDC's own information shows that 10x more people die per year from food poisoning than have died from H1N1 swine flu so far this year in USA.http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htmFrom the CDC article about contemporary food poisoning situation in the US:"To better quantify the impact of foodborne diseases on health in the United States, we compiled and analyzed information from multiple surveillance systems and other sources. We estimate that foodborne diseases cause approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. Known pathogens account for an estimated 14 million illnesses, 60,000 hospitalizations, and 1,800 deaths. Three pathogens, Salmonella, Listeria, and Toxoplasma, are responsible for 1,500 deaths each year, more than 75% of those caused by known pathogens, while unknown agents account for the remaining 62 million illnesses, 265,000 hospitalizations, and 3,200 deaths. Overall, foodborne diseases appear to cause more illnesses but fewer deaths than previously estimated."An expert said last month that they estimated 5 million people in US had gotten infected with H1N1. Well, the abstract above says 76 million people are infected with foodborne illness each year.The rest of the article is extremely well written and highly educational. If you are interested in H1N1 then you might be just as interested in this health subject too. It does not get as much buzz but statistically you have a greater chance of dying from it than H1N1.