A recent study estimated the annual cost of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses to be $405 million (in 2003 dollars) which included $370 million for premature deaths, $30 million for medical care, and $5 million for lost productivity (Frenzen, Drake, and Angulo, 2005). [read post]

The TWEA was the statute of choice when President John Fitzgerald Kennedy proclaimed "a formal economic embargo against all trade with Cuba" on February 3, 1962. [24] Another major restraint was placed upon trade with Cuba on October 23, 1992 when President Bush signed the Cuban Democracy Act into law. [25] The Cuban Democracy Act allows the United States President to impose sanctions against "any country that proffers or provides any favorable assistance to Cuba. [read post]