The US Department of Agriculture has recalled over 16,000 pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart because of a possible E coli contamination.
Although there have been no reports of ground beef causing sickness so far the meat may have been contaminated with a strain of E coli bacteria that can cause stomach cramping, vomiting, nausea and infections.
The George Washington University has experts available to comment on the latest health alert and other food safety issues. To arrange an interview with an expert please contact Kathy Fackelmann at [email protected].
Lance B. Price is a professor of environmental and occupational health at GW Milken Institute School of Public Health and director of the GW Antibiotic Resistance Action Center. Recently, he published a study that suggests foodborne E. coli may cause hundreds of thousands of urinary tract infections across the U.S. every year.
You can watch a video of Lance B. Price explaining his study findings here.
Barbara Kowalcyk is an associate professor of exercise and nutrition sciences at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health. For 20 years she has been a nationally recognized expert in food safety with training in epidemiology, public health informatics, risk science, regulatory decision-making, and public policy. She co-authored a report by the National Academy of Sciences that became the blueprint for the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act.
Barbara Kowalcyk and Lance B. Price are featured in the Netflix documentary Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food.
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