More than half a million urinary tract infections in the U.S. each year may be caused by E. coli strains from meat products. A new study published in the journal One Health found that after one year of analyzing 1,923 raw chicken, pork and turkey samples from nine major grocery stores, around 8% of all E.coli cases (primarily UTIs) came from the consumption of food products. Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
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00:00More than half a million urinary tract infections in the U.S. each year may be caused by E. coli strains from meat products.
00:07A new study published in the journal One Health found that after one year of analyzing 1,923 raw chicken, pork and turkey samples from nine major grocery stores,
00:18around 8% of all E. coli cases, primarily UTIs, came from the consumption of food products.
00:25Fox News says that on a national level, that would equate to 480,000 to 640,000 cases coming from contaminated food.
00:33UTIs cause more than one million emergency room visits and 100,000 hospital admissions every year.
00:40Researchers found the annual National Emergency Department bill for complicated UTIs rose from $2.8 billion in 2016 to $3.2 billion in 2018.
00:52The study, published in the journal One Health, could have important implications for the country's food supply and the agencies that regulate it.
01:00The authors said most strains of E. coli are not seriously monitored in the U.S. food supply.