Each year, 76 million cases of food-related illness are reported in the United States.
We've all heard about restaurant workers not washing their hands or perhaps contamination coming from a farm.
But "Early Show" Consumer Correspondent Susan Koeppen says a new problem in the food chain has come to light.
Wooden or plastic pallets transport almost everything you eat, from the farm all the way to stores and everywhere in between. But sanitation tests are raising questions about whether this very vital link in that food chain may be broken.
Pallets are often stored in warehouses or outside behind grocery stores, where they're easily reached by debris from garbage or bacteria from animals.
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