such as "Introduction", "Conclusion"..etc February 2008 —
Despite millions of dollars spent on food safety research over
the last 10 years, ground beef recalls due to E. coli O157:H7
were higher in 2007 than in 2006, according to researchers from
Kansas State University and West Texas A&M University. E. coli
O157:H7 has been linked to foodborne illnesses in humans after
consuming contaminated beef and produce. "We have been studying
the effects of a novel vaccine technology to make beef safer,"
said Dr. Dan Thomson, an associate professor at Kansas State
University. Thomson worked with Dr. Guy Loneragan, West Texas
A&M University, and Dr. T.G. Nagaraja, of K-State, to examine
the effects of this vaccine on its ability to decrease E. coli
shedding in beef "We had a decrease in cattle shedding E. coli
by 54 percent in our first field study," Thomson said. "However,
we increased the amount of SRP exposure in the second field
study and decreased the rate of cattle shedding E. coli by 85
percent." Loneragan said,