Food illness or “food poisoning” causes 1 in 6 Americans to become sick every year. This results in about 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths every year as well. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses the month of September to emphasize the importance of food safety. Food born illnesses are more susceptible to certain groups of people such as, children under the age of 5, older adults over the age of 65, pregnant women and their unborn children, and people with cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, organ transplants and autoimmune disease.