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E. coli Found in Imported US Poultry

China has suspended the import of one poultry product from the United States after finding it was contaminated by E. coli O157, a bacterium that causes bloody diarrhea. Local quarantine authorities destroyed and buried all the meat to prevent contagion.


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China has suspended the import of one poultry product from the United States after finding it was contaminated by E. coli O157, a bacterium that causes bloody diarrhea, said a circular issued by quarantine authorities Wednesday.

The infected frozen chicken was found in a container at a wharf in Huidong County of south China's Guangdong Province on December 11.

Local quarantine authorities destroyed and buried all the meat to prevent contagion.

China has notified the United States and halted the import of frozen chicken wing tips with the registered code of P-19378, said a source with the State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine.

E. coli O157 infection leads to severe diarrhea and occasional kidney failure. The bacterium killed 12 people in Japan in 1996 and affected more than 10,000 people, quarantine expert said.



  • Escherichia coli is an emerging cause of foodborne illness. An estimated 73,000 cases of infection and 61 deaths occur in the United States each year. Infection often leads to bloody diarrhea, and occasionally to kidney failure. Most illness has been associated with eating undercooked, contaminated ground beef. Person-to-person contact in families and child care centers is also an important mode of transmission. Infection can also occur after drinking raw milk and after swimming in or drinking sewage-contaminated water.

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