A public health warning was issued for Organic Rancher brand ground beef sold in 27 states due to potential E. coli contamination, affecting packs labeled '85% lean, 15% fat' with 'use by' dates of June 19 and 20, 2025.
"We're able to transform a prolific environmental and societal waste into such a globally important medication in a way that's completely impossible, using chemistry alone or using biology alone," says study coauthor Stephen Wallace, a chemical biotechnologist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
"E. coli is from poop," Christine Connell said in a recent TikTok video that has racked up more than 436,000 views - fascinating (and disgusting) the internet.