How are outbreaks of foodborne illness found and fixed?
Outbreaks of Escherichia coli in several states have been linked to onions on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers, following on the heels of a recall of Boar’s Head deli meat products linked to Listeria monocytogenes earlier this year. Such outbreaks expose vulnerabilities in the food supply chain and present opportunities to learn new prevention strategies, said Matt Stasiewicz, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He discussed how such outbreaks happen and how they are traced and addressed in an interview with News Bureau biomedical sciences editor Liz Ahlberg Touchstone.
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