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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

2014

2014; Beef; Shiga toxin-producing E. coli; Media types

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Effects Of Media Type On Shiga Toxigenic E. Coli Growth Patterns (2014), Nicholas W. Baumann, Nicholas J. Sevart, Minto Michael, Donka T. Milke, G. Lewis, R. Moxley, Randall K. Phebus Jan 2014

Effects Of Media Type On Shiga Toxigenic E. Coli Growth Patterns (2014), Nicholas W. Baumann, Nicholas J. Sevart, Minto Michael, Donka T. Milke, G. Lewis, R. Moxley, Randall K. Phebus

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Escherichia coli O157:H7 was declared to be an adulterant in raw ground beef in 1994 by the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service following a large and deadly foodborne disease outbreak in the Pacific Northwest involving undercooked hamburgers sold at Jack-in-the-Box restaurants. Due to their recognition as significant human foodborne pathogens, six additional strains (serotypes) of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) were also deemed to be adulterants in raw beef products in 2012. The beef processing industry has worked diligently since the mid-1990s to control the presence of E. coli O157:H7 in finished raw products through …