Flora Lichtman

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Amy, thanks for being here.

Thank you, Flora.

Thanks for having me.

Okay.

You, you're on the right track for sure because what happens is, is antibiotics actually target the infecting organism, but they also target a lot of other stuff and flora.

And so the only bacteria that are left-

Flora, like microflora, we mean.

Yeah, like microflora, like healthy bacteria that live in your gut that use up nutrients and probably don't carry resistance.

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Okay, so i- it feels like there have been more recalls than usual, but does the data actually support that?

Yeah, I mean, that's exactly right, Flora.

It definitely feels like it when you consider all of the recalls that you just outlined.

But really for food safety recalls and outbreaks, when you look at data over time, it tends to be fairly flat with little fluctuations, so certainly we will see some bumps this year because of the amount of recalls.

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