We live in world where we are not the ultimate organism. We live in a world that is mostly populated by bacteria, which are either beneficial, detrimental, and/or inconsequential to our health.
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in using the E. coli O157:H7 results as an indicator of industry trends or as a measure of program performance.
Pest control is of utmost importance to meat and poultry processors, but it also must be a top priority for growers, as shown by one study on the impact of flies on chicken flocks.
Yersinia enterocolitica is a major human foodborne pathogen which causes approximately 87,000 human cases and approximately 1,100 hospitalizations each year in the United States.
Of all the foodborne bacterial pathogens, Campylobacter is the most common cause of human foodborne gastroenteritis in the United States and in the world.
