Beef carcass contamination is a direct result of pathogen transfer from cattle hides harboring
organisms such as enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Hide contamination occurs from …

Abstract Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7 was first implicated in human
disease in the early 1980s, with ruminants cited as the primary reservoirs. Preliminary …

During a 2.5-year survey of 33 farms and ranches in a major leafy greens production region
in California, 13,650 produce, soil, livestock, wildlife, and water samples were tested for …

Lymph nodes (LN) harboring bacteria, when being incorporated into ground beef, may
impact the microbial safety and quality of such products. We tested two main foodborne …

Abstract During 2007–2010, 13 545 confirmed human VTEC infections and 777 haemolytic
uraemic syndrome (HUS) cases were reported in the EU; isolates from 85% of cases were …

Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are zoonotic foodborne pathogens that are
capable of causing serious human illness. Ovine ruminants are recognized as an important …

Ground beef contamination with Escherichia coli is usually a result of carcass faecal
contamination during the slaughter process. Carcasses are contaminated when they come …

Introduction Ruminants are regarded as the natural reservoir for Shiga toxin‐producing
Escherichia coli (STEC), especially of serogroup O157. Materials and methods During 2011 …

All dairy farms authorized to produce and sell raw milk in a province of Northern Italy were
investigated to determine the presence of Campylobacter spp., verocytotoxin-producing …

Objective The objective of this study was to summarize peer-reviewed literature on the
prevalence and concentration of non-O157 STEC (O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145) …