What is the most common source of E coli bacteria?

Answer 1

The excrement or stool contains the highest amounts of E-Coli in humans and animals. Improper handwashing after using the bathroom, contamination of fruits through sewer leakage, improper handling during the food processing stage, and other ways E-Coli is transferred, foods can be infected with E-Coli leading to massive digestive tract infections and huge threats to community health. E-Coli outbreaks, for example, have resulted in nationwide recalls of seasonal fruits and vegetables, or in recall of processed foods.

Answer 2

Common sources of exposure to E. Coli are person-person contact and contaminated food or water. Most of the time it can be found in fresh produce, restaurant meals, ground beef, and unpasteurized milk.

Answer 3

Hamburger. E coli is on the outside of cuts meat and on steak it is on the outside so when you cook it, it kills the E coli. With hamburger, it is cut up meat grounded so the E coli is all over in hamburger. That is why you should always fully cook hamburger, so you can kill the E coli or any other bacteria that lives on the outside of cut meat...anything ground up, you need to make sure you fully cook it...

Answer 4

Food and water are the most common sources, but you can also get it from animals and other people.