New International Food Safety Network Infosheet — Keep dangerous E. coli off the plate

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This weeks infosheets is focused on E. coli O157 and the scary results of the illness.  All within a couple of days this week we saw stories about 20-year-old Stephanie Smith of Cold Spring, MN coming out of a coma; 5-year-old Aubrey Anderson of Sterling, KS, recovering from a 5 week stay in hospital; and 2-year-old Isabell Addeo of Calgary, Alberta’s kidney failures — all E. coli O157-linked.  E. coli O157 can be a nasty bug and these stories are examples that we think are important to expose food handlers to.

You can download the infosheet here.

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About Ben Chapman

Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.