There are now 130 people sick with E. coli 0157:H7, says
Alberta Health Services.
There are 63 confirmed
cases in Calgary and 50 in the Edmonton region.
The source has not been
revealed, but officials are
warning people to take precautions such as washing hands with hot, soapy water —
especially after using the bathroom — before preparing food and after
touching raw meat.
Alberta Health Services
also suggests cooking beef to an internal temperature of at least 160 degrees
Fahrenheit and washing all fruit and vegetables.
“Washing don’t do much,” says food safety
communications Dr. Doug Powell.
I'm betting that the outbreaks will eventually trace to cattle manure.
