Many cows are already fed bacteria much like those in yogurt that reduce the amount of O157:H7 in manure.
Another approach is to try to displace O157:H7 in farm animals, whose manure can be spread to nearby farmland.
The offender in this case is the toxic O157:H7 strain of Escherichia coli.
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Consumers can be exposed to O157:H7 from eating undercooked ground beef, and cases also have been linked to unpasteurized apple juice and other foods.
Bird flu has been detected, but Defra said initial tests were negative for the H5 and H7 strains, which are a potential threat to humans.
But in 1982, scientists found one E. coli strain, O157:H7, in sheep that had changed in a way that caused it to spew out toxic chemicals.
Doyle, who invented the first test for O157:H7 in food, is working on developing harmless E. coli that would leave no room for the toxic ones.
For example, only 20 years ago Listeria, E. coli O157:H7, Campylobacter and Cyclospora, all of which have caused recent outbreaks, were not known to cause foodborne illness.
Unpasteurized milk can carry salmonella, campylobacter, and E. coli O157: H7, the strain that came to public attention in the nineties when four children died after eating contaminated meat at Jack in the Box.
It is notoriously difficult to make effective vaccines against H7 viruses and there has been no need to pursue this before as they are mild in birds and there have been very few human cases.
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She said there is little chance that the Buitoni products might be tainted, because -- even if the cookie dough is proved to be the source of the outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 -- it is a kosher product, meaning it is made from a segregated stream of ingredients.
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