GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday (Saturday in Manila) that every day, an estimated 1.6 million people become sick from eating unsafe food.

Children under the age of 5 carry 40 percent of the foodborne disease burden, Francesco Branca, head of nutrition and food safety at the WHO, told a UN press briefing in Geneva on World Food Safety Day.

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