Purdue: New Assay Accelerates E. Coli Testing Process
March 01, 2023
March 01, 2023
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, March 1 (TNSjou) -- Purdue University issued the following news release:
A team led by Purdue University's Bruce Applegate has developed a new time-saving assay to detect an especially severe strain of E. coli in ground beef.
The toxin produced by E. coli accounts for 175,000 illnesses annually in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has maintained zero tolerance for O157:H7, an E. coli strai . . .
A team led by Purdue University's Bruce Applegate has developed a new time-saving assay to detect an especially severe strain of E. coli in ground beef.
The toxin produced by E. coli accounts for 175,000 illnesses annually in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has maintained zero tolerance for O157:H7, an E. coli strai . . .