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Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a serotype of the bacterial species Escherichia coli and is one of the Shiga-like toxin–producing types of E. coli. It is a cause of disease , typically foodborne illness , through consumption of contaminated and raw food, including raw milk and undercooked ground beef .
Wolverine Packing Co. has recalled more than 167,000 pounds of ground beef across the country over possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7. The recalled beef is linked to at least 15 illnesses ...
The E. coli O157:H7 strain is the most common strain of E. coli to cause illness. It may be contracted through contaminated meat products, or contaminated swimming or drinking water, ...
Wolverine Packing Co., a Detroit-based meat company, is recalling approximately 167,277 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of ...
On Tuesday, February 23, 1993, three days after Riley's death, the American Meat Institute (AMI) sponsored an industry briefing in Chicago to discuss the E.coli O157:H7 outbreak tied to contaminated hamburgers sold at Jack in the Box. Jim Marsden, AMI's vice president for scientific and technical affairs, started off the meeting by informing ...
The 2015 United States E. coli outbreak was an incident in the United States involving the spread of Escherichia coli O157:H7 through contaminated celery which was consumed in chicken salad at various large retailers. [1] [2] A product recall covering more than one dozen states and over 155,000 products has taken place as a result of the ...
E. coli O157:H7 differs from most other strains of E. coli in being unable to ferment sorbitol. In sorbitol-MacConkey agar, lactose is replaced by sorbitol. Non-pathogenic strains of E. coli ferment sorbitol to produce acid: Pathogenic E. coli cannot ferment sorbitol, so this strain uses peptone to grow.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that "all stools submitted for routine testing from patients with acute community-acquired diarrhea (regardless of patient age, season of the year, or presence or absence of blood in the stool) be simultaneously cultured for E. coli O157:H7 (O157 STEC) and tested with an assay that ...