Why are children more susceptible?
Because children are less likely to have developed the sanitary habits necessary to prevent the illness. Proper hand-washing, sanitation and awareness are the main ways to stop E. coli from spreading. Most children have no qualms about picking up a dirty pacifier, wiping the goat straw off and popping it
Douglas County proposal to move fair food booths for E. coli prevention draws mixed reactions
Last month I posted about John Sowell’s News Review story on Fair safety issues prompting Douglas County Fair officials to rethink booth locations. In a new article, John talks about the attention being drawn to the plan to move fair booths.
The News Review reports that reactions were mixed over the proposal to
E. coli Report by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service released data showing a 43.3 percent drop in the percentage of E. coli O157:H7-positive ground beef regulatory samples collected in 2004 compared with samples collected during the previous year. Of the 8,010 samples collected and analyzed in 2004, 0.17 percent tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 — down from 0.30 in 2003, 0.78 in 2002, 0.84 in 2001, and 0.86 in 2000. Between 2000 and 2004, the percentage of positive samples in FSIS regulatory sampling has declined by more than 80 percent, FSIS noted in a release. The news is even more noteworthy when one considers that the total number of samples collected in 2004 increased by more than 21 percent.
In April 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in its annual report on foodborne illness in the United States, reported a 36 percent reduction in illnesses from E. coli O157:H7 in 2003 compared to 2002. The number of FSIS recall actions related to E. coli O157:H7 also continued to drop. There were six recalls related to E. coli O157:H7 in 2004 compared to 12 in 2003 and 21 in 2002.Continue Reading E. coli Report by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
U.S. Shows Progress on E. coli and Listeria
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Northwest Food Processors Association Food Safety News reports that a consortium of scientists, government regulators and food industry folks traded strategy in early February as part of annual beef industry meetings. The good news, said Dan Englejohn, a deputy administrator of FDA, is signifi cant declines in two of the most frequent foodborne illnesses —
Inspectors Finding Less E. Coli In Hamburger
The federal government reports a dramatic drop in the number of illnesses caused by a potentially deadly bacteria found in ground beef. It also reports a dramatic drop in the number of contaminated meat samples discovered — even with more samples tested.
The E. coli bacteria infects about 73,000 people each year and kills about