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a species of bacterium normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals; can be a threat to food safety- The E. coli outbreak was traced to beef from Michigan.
- His client the next day could be a fast-food CEO trying to deal with an E. coli outbreak.Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
- Officials were concerned about the spread of E. coli, the risk of typhoid fever, cholera, dysentery.Dave Eggers -- Zeitoun
- In 1960, Stone presented a radical new theory of operon activity in E. coli and S. tabuli, and developed evidence for the physical nature of the inducer and represser substances.Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
- And the same meat industry practices that endanger these workers have facilitated the introduction of deadly pathogens, such as E. coli 0157:H7, into America's hamburger meat, a food aggressively marketed to children.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- During the summer of 2002, ground beef from the ConAgra slaughterhouse in Greeley, Colorado, was linked to an outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- The Netherlands began to test ground beef for E. coli 0157:H7 in 1989.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- A single cell of the bacterium E. coli would, under ideal circumstances, divide every twenty minutes.Michael Crichton -- The Andromeda Strain
- Among the most dangerous are E. coli 0103, 0111, 026, 0121, and 0145.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- The standard tests being used to find E. coli 0157:H7 do not detect the presence of these other bugs.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- In addition to E. coli 0157:H7, approximately sixty to one hundred other mutant E. coli organisms now produce Shiga toxins.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- A virus that carries the gene to produce Shiga toxins is now infecting previously harmless strains of E. coli.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- In addition to E. coli 0157:H7, approximately sixty to one hundred other mutant E. coli organisms now produce Shiga toxins.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- Northern States Beef was also linked to a 1994 outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 in Nebraska that sickened eighteen people.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- Tests of the ground beef, which had been processed by the Bauer Meat Company, confirmed the presence of E. coli 0157:H7.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- Around the same time, a dozen children in Finley, Washington, were sickened by E. coli 0157:H7.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- In 1978, before the first known outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7, the USDA had 12,000 meat inspectors; now it has about 7,500.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- The press release failed to mention that some ground beef from the same lot had indeed been tested — and had tested positive for E. coli 0157:H7.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- Thirty-six people who'd recently eaten at Tiger Harry's had been sickened by E. coli 0157:H7.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
- Officials at Hudson Foods were informed late in July of 1997 that its frozen hamburger patties had infected Lee Harding with E. coli 0157:H7.Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
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