date:Feb 10, 2020
Foodborne illness hits about one in six people in the United States every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 48 million people in the US got sick due to one or more of 31 recognised pathogens, including E coli O157:H7, a particularly harsh strain of E coli.
Researchers at Purdue University have been working to develop new technologies to help stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, which kill 3,000 people a year, by detecting them more efficiently.
They have de