Unpasteurized apple cider or juice and E. coli infection
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Unpasteurized apple cider or juice and E. coli infection
Drinking unpasteurized apple cider has led to some cases of infection with E. coli bacteria. Apples used in making the cider most likely became contaminated when they came in contact with cow manure on the ground.1
Pasteurization (heat treatment) of apple cider kills these bacteria.
Federal policies in the United States require that unpasteurized juices include a warning on the label.
References
Citations
Kaplan SL, Keusch GT (2004). Diarrhea- and dysentery-causing Escherichia coli. In RD Feigin et al., eds., Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1431–1449. Philadelphia: Saunders.
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| Author | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease |
| Last Updated | June 16, 2008 |
| Last updated: | June 16, 2008 |
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| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Pat Truman, MATC |
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