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Unpasteurized apple cider or juice and E. coli infection

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By Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS

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Drinking unpasteurized apple cider has led to some cases of infection with E. coli bacteria. Apples used in making the cider most likely became contaminated when they came in contact with cow manure on the ground.1

Pasteurization (heat treatment) of apple cider kills these bacteria.

Federal policies in the United States require that unpasteurized juices include a warning on the label.

References

Citations

  1. Kaplan SL, Keusch GT (2004). Diarrhea- and dysentery-causing Escherichia coli. In RD Feigin et al., eds., Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 5th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1431–1449. Philadelphia: Saunders.

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Author Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS
Editor Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA
Associate Editor Pat Truman, MATC
Primary Medical Reviewer Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease
Last Updated June 16, 2008
Author:Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS
Medical Review:Kathleen Romito, MD - Family MedicineW. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease
Last Updated: 06/16/2008
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