E. coli

  • January 25, 2024BCRC Funds Proof of Concept and Technology Transfer Projects to Propel Canadian Beef Industry Forward

    Six POC research projects and 13 KTT activities...

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  • December 12, 2023The Results Are In on 2018-2023 Beef Cluster Projects

    Summaries of recent beef and forage research results funded by the Canadian Beef Cattle...

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  • May 30, 2023A Quarter-Century of Research Advances in Tackling E. coli

    The past 25 years of research and improved sanitation practices have caused a significant...

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  • January 16, 2023The BCRC Celebrates 25 Years of Beef Industry Research

    2023 marks 25 years for the BCRC as Canada’s national industry-led funding agency for beef,...

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  • August 10, 2022Getting the Dirt on Cleaning Versus Disinfecting 

    Clean and disinfect against pathogens entering and spreading through your animals, saving you...

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  • December 14, 2020Are E. coli Really Becoming More Heat Resistant?

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the...

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  • November 19, 2020Do Cattle Bacteria Contribute to Antibiotic Resistance in Human Medicine?

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director,...

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  • November 19, 2018Your Burgers Are Still Done at 71

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the November 2018 issue of...

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  • October 5, 2018Developing Faster, Less Expensive Diagnostic Tests

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the...

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  • November 21, 2016Non-O157 STEC

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the November 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen...

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  • April 18, 2016Dry Chilling (and two other things)

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the April 2016 issue of...

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  • August 28, 2015Consumer MisReports

    Consumer Reports Food Safety and Sustainability Center released its “Beef Report” on August 25. A number of questions,...

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  • March 16, 2015Hot Water Treatment of Beef Trim

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the March 2015 issue of...

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  • November 24, 2014Practical and Effective Food Safety Procedures for Beef Packing Plants

    Recent work has shown that E. coli can essentially be eliminated from dressed...

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  • October 21, 2014Flipping for Mechanically Tenderized Beef

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the October 2014...

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  • September 12, 2014Understanding Non-0157 STEC Associated with Cattle and Beef Carcasses

    The food safety risks associated with E. coli O157:H7 are well established and...

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  • February 18, 2014Beam Me Up

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the February 2014 issue of Canadian Cattlemen...

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  • January 17, 2014Bug Spray for Beef?

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the January 2014 issue of Canadian...

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  • December 16, 2013Better Housekeeping

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the December 2013 issue of Canadian...

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  • November 18, 2013More Than One Way to Skin a Cow

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the November 2013 issue of...

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  • June 7, 2013On-farm E. coli O157:H7 Control?

    Editor's note: Following the recent release of the Independent Review of XL Foods Inc. Beef Recall 2012, we thought...

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  • May 24, 2013How do Carcass Processing Procedures Impact Food Safety?

    Canadian beef packing plants have progressively and effectively modified their processes over...

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  • May 21, 2013E-beam Irradiation Research: New Fact Sheet and Video

    Irradiation is approved for food treatment in over 50 countries. In Canada, irradiation is...

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  • April 29, 2013Revisiting Irradiation

    This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the January 2013 issue of Canadian...

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  • February 11, 2013Food Safety Research on Mechanically Tenderized Beef

    This is a guest post written by Mark Klassen, Director of Technical Services for the Canadian...

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  • November 5, 2012Latest Results from Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance

    The Public Health Agency of Canada has completed its most recent report on the Canadian...

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  • October 5, 2012E. coli O157:H7: an Industry Research Priority

    E. coli O157:H7, the cause for the recent, extensive beef recall, is one of the few types of E. coli...

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