Bacteria Linked to Feces Found in Nearly Half of Fast Food Soda Fountains

-The Hollins University found that fast food joints were now containing fecal reminance.
-Soda fountains in fast food resturants are now at risk for containing bacteria.
-90 beverages were tested from 30 soda fountains and 48% of them had the bacteria.
-The bacteria is called, coliform bacteria.

According to Tom Laskawy, a team of microbiologists from Hollins University found that 48% of sodas tested from the fast food fountains contain coliform bacteria, which is typically fecal in origin. They tested 90 beverages from 30 soda fountains. Coliform bacteria was detected in 48% of the beverages and 20% had a heterotrophic plate count greater than 500 cfu/ml.. More than 11% of the beverages analyzed contained Escherichia coli [E. Coli] and over 17% contained Chryseobacterium meningosepticum. Some of the other bacterias the students at Hollins University found from the beverages included species of Klebsiella, Staphylococcus, Stenotrophomonas, Candida, and Serratia. Most of the identified bacteria showed resistance to one or more of the 11 antibiotics tested. This is a big deal to the whole entire world because millions and millions of people eat and drink at fast food resturants and they could now possibly get sick from doing nothing harmful or dangerous.