Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli in Raw Ground Pork in Canada, 2014-2016

​​In response to pork-associated O157 Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) outbreaks in Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency investigated the occurrence of STEC in Canadian retail raw ground pork during the period of 1 November 2014 to 31 March 2016. O157 STEC and non-O157 STEC strains were isolated from 1 (0.11%) of 879 and 13 (2.24%) of 580 pork samples, respectively.

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Last Updated January 16, 2026, 20:45 (UTC)
Created January 16, 2026, 20:45 (UTC)
contains_pii non
crisis_categories Fortes pluies
criticality_level Faible
data_formats CSV
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Canada
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_W
source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/32e3e6d3-e4f4-4560-82bf-431198486a3c
subject science_and_technology
update_frequency not_planned
year_most_recent 2024-12-09 18:15:36.086000
year_start 2022-03-29 15:40:55.858000