Meat safety concern (1,4)

I believe the answer is:

e coli

(Other definitions for e coli that I've seen before include "Bacterium found in the gut" , "cause of illness" , "Bug that causes food poisoning" , "Gut bugs" , "Some types of this bacterium are toxic" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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