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Oil that could prevent food-borne illnesses

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(CBS) - Doctors may soon have a new tool to protect people against food poisoning and infections that resist antibiotics.

Researchers in Portugal found that coriander oil could prevent a wide range of food-borne illnesses, including Salmonella and e. Coli.

About 30 percent of people who live in rich nations get food poisoning every year.