U.S. focuses on more E. coli strains - (Wall Street Journal)
October 11, 2007 – 8:47 pmWASHINGTON — U.S. officials are, according to this story, preparing to acknowledge publicly that it isn’t just one type of E. coli bacteria that is making consumers sick, and government agencies are meeting next week in Virginia to discuss what they should do about it.
For years, only one strain — E. coli O157:H7 — has been the focus of government oversight and has prompted massive nationwide food recalls. But evidence has been piling up in the past several years to show there are other forms of dangerous E. coli bacteria that may be just as deadly to humans.
While the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list just 501 cases of illness caused by these other dangerous E. coli bacteria in 2005, the number is probably much greater than that, USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety Richard Raymond said.
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