date:Nov 05, 2012
The recent largest beef recall in Canadian history and its resulting economic and health consequences illustrates the complexities and difficulties associated with Canadian beef safety. However, there is currently a simple, unused, practical and economically viable solution to avoiding such beef recalls as well as preventing E. coli O157 outbreaks we should vaccinate cattle against E. coli O157:H7. Research shows this Canadian-discovered and commercialized vaccine would significantly decrease O