Share of foodborne E. coli illnesses in the U.S. in 2021, by food category
For the year 2021, around 62 percent of foodborne E. coli cases in the United States were attributed to the food category "vegetable row crops". Furthermore, 21 percent of all E. coli cases that year were caused by beef.
This statistic shows the percentage of foodborne Escherichia coli O157 illnesses in the United States that were attributed to specific food categories for the year 2021.