Cause of some food recalls
The crossword clue "Cause of some food recalls" is answered by ECOLI, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ECOLI
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ECOLI answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ECOLI
Every other clue in this collection answered by ECOLI, most used first.
- Dangerous bacteria - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Food-poisoning bacteria - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Reason for a food recall - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Gut bacteria - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Bacteria in uncooked food - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Food safety concern - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Intestinal bacteria - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Notorious bacteria - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Food recall cause - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Pathogenic bacteria - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Rod-shaped bacteria - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Scary bacteria - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Bacteria in the news - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Dangerous strain - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Food poisoning cause - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bacteria in undercooked meat - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Bad bacteria - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Gut bacterium - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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