Research shows GE plants produce proteins able to reduce E. Coli on food
Story Date: 9/15/2015

 

Source: FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 9/14/15

A team of scientists is genetically engineering plants to produce antimicrobial proteins known as colicins, which can then be extracted and applied to contaminated meat and produce to kill E. coli bacteria.

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