Preventing Foodborne Illness: E. coli “The Big Six”

This document is FSHN13-09, one of a series of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 2013. Revised December 2017 and November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

Karuna Kharel, postdoctoral associate, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Kiara S. Bookman, laboratory technician, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Susanna Richardson, laboratory technician; Reneé Goodrich-Schneider, professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Ploy Kurdmongkoltham, technician, Doctor of Plant Medicine student; Bruna Bertoldi, technician, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; Keith R. Schneider, professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.