Foodborne diseases are measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). A DALY is a measure of how many years of disease-free life a population loses when a proportion of the population lives with a reduced quality of life or dies earlier than expected due to illness.
Peanut allergy represents the third largest burden of foodborne diseases, surpassed only by Campylobacter and lead. This underlines the importance of proper allergen labelling to avoid contamination.
Read more about the study: Risk ranking of foodborne diseases in Denmark: Reflections on a national burden of disease study
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