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Unpasteurized Apple Cider or Juice and E. Coli Infection

Drinking unpasteurized apple cider has led to some cases of infection with E. coli bacteria. Apples used in making the cider most likely became contaminated when they came in contact with cow manure on the ground.¹

Pasteurization (heat treatment) of apple cider kills these bacteria.

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Federal policies in the United States require that unpasteurized juices include a warning on the label.

Citations
Berry AA, et al. (2009). Diarrhea-causing and dysentery-causing Escherichia coli. In RD Feigin et al., eds., Feigin and Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1525-1540. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

By	Healthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer	Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer	W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease
Last Revised	June 14, 2010

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Last Updated: June 14, 2010

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