{"id":11,"date":"2026-11-06T09:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T09:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/?p=11"},"modified":"2026-11-06T09:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T09:06:21","slug":"keep-getting-utis-your-grocery-store-meat-might-be-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthcare.hibisports.com\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"Keep Getting UTIs? Your Grocery Store Meat Might Be to Blame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"health-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp health-sc-page mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content article-content expert-content right-rail__offset lock-journey\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"60\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[400, 1400, 1400, 1700, 2000, 2200, 2400, 2600, 2800]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"health-sc-block-callout--key-takeaway_1-0\" class=\"comp health-sc-block-callout--key-takeaway health-sc-block-callout-base mntl-sc-block-callout mntl-block theme-key-takeaway theme-key-takeaway\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-heading_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-heading mntl-text-block\">Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-body_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block-callout-body mntl-text-block expert-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>Nearly 20% of UTIs may come from <em>E. coli <\/em>in contaminated meat, according to a new study.<\/li>\n<li>People in low-income areas face higher foodborne-UTI risks.<\/li>\n<li>Experts say safer food handling practices, such as washing hands, sanitizing kitchen surfaces, and cooking meat thoroughly, can help prevent infections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Urinary tract infections (UTIs) have long been associated with sexual activity and personal hygiene. However, a new study found that almost one in five UTI cases is caused by <em>E. coli <\/em>bacteria in contaminated meat.<span class=\"ql-inline-citation\" data-cite=\"1\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"heading-toc\" id=\"toc-the-link-between-e-coli-and-utis\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"> <span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> The Link Between E. Coli and UTIs <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Between 2017 and 2021, researchers collected thousands of <em>E. coli<\/em> samples from human urine and retail meat in Southern California. They compared the DNA from <em>E. coli<\/em> in the meat to that in the urine samples to identify which infections were linked to contaminated meat.<span class=\"ql-inline-citation\" data-cite=\"1\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native \" style=\"--native-ad-height: auto\" data-right-rail-index=\"1\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native__adunit_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native__adunit mm-ads-gpt-dynamic-adunit mm-ads-gpt-adunit scads-to-load gpt native js-immediate-ad js-immediate-ad-loaded\">\n<div id=\"native\" class=\"wrapper\" data-type=\"native\" data-pos=\"native\" data-priority=\"4\" data-sizes=\"[[1, 3],&quot;fluid&quot;]\" data-rtb=\"false\" data-wait-for-third-party=\"false\" data-targeting=\"{}\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cThere are special pieces of DNA that <em>E. coli <\/em>can pull into their cells that help them survive, or even thrive, inside a chicken gut, and different pieces of DNA to help them survive or thrive in a human gut,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.gwu.edu\/departments\/environmental-and-occupational-health\/lance-price\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lance B. Price, MS, PhD<\/a>, senior author of the study and professor of environmental and occupational health at the George Washington University.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The researchers found that 18% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/urinary-tract-infection-uti-7372902\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">UTIs<\/a> in the study were tied to bacteria from meat rather than human-to-human transmission. People in low-income areas faced an even higher risk, with 21.5% of UTIs linked to food sources.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> While the study focused on Southern California, the results are almost completely generalizable to the rest of the U.S., Price said.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Animals are slaughtered, chopped up, and shipped across the United States. If you think about it that way, the meat that the people are exposed to in California is the same meat that people are exposed to across the country,&#8221; he added.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"health-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ_1-0\" class=\"comp health-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-sc-block-spotlight--mid-circ mntl-block theme-mid-circ theme-mid-circ\">\n<h2 id=\"midcirc__heading_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc__heading mntl-text-block\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div id=\"midcirc__card-list_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc__card-list mntl-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/uti-recurrence-and-gut-microbiome-8666480\" rel=\"nocaes\" data-card-index=\"0\" data-click-tracked=\"false\" id=\"midcirc-card_1-0\" class=\"midcirc-card mntl-midcirc-card mntl-text-link \" data-tracking-container=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__title_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__title mntl-text-block\">If You Get a Lot of UTIs, Improving Your Gut Health Could Help<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__image-wrapper_1-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__image-wrapper mntl-block\">\n<div class=\"midcirc-card__image mntl-image card__media universal-image__container\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.6%;\">\n<img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/thmb\/a5XrjCxLVeuCuoH8TCewS4qqP_U=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/VWH-GettyImages-1614014955-3bd3fe6568904b879678c85ba76950bd.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Close up shots of hands pouring out some vitamins. Green smoothie in a glass in the background. Woman is wearing a red coloured sweater.\" class=\" universal-image__image lazyloadwait\"><br \/>\n<noscript><br \/>\n<img\nsrc=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/thmb\/a5XrjCxLVeuCuoH8TCewS4qqP_U=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/VWH-GettyImages-1614014955-3bd3fe6568904b879678c85ba76950bd.jpg\"\nwidth=\"300\"\nheight=\"200\"\nclass=\"img--noscript universal-image__image\"\nalt=\"Close up shots of hands pouring out some vitamins. Green smoothie in a glass in the background. Woman is wearing a red coloured sweater.\"\n\/><br \/>\n<\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/can-a-uti-go-away-without-treatment-11693827\" rel=\"nocaes\" data-card-index=\"1\" data-click-tracked=\"false\" id=\"midcirc-card_2-0\" class=\"midcirc-card mntl-midcirc-card mntl-text-link \" data-tracking-container=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__title_2-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__title mntl-text-block\">Can a UTI Go Away On Its Own?<\/div>\n<div id=\"midcirc-card__image-wrapper_2-0\" class=\"comp midcirc-card__image-wrapper mntl-block\">\n<div class=\"midcirc-card__image mntl-image card__media universal-image__container\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.6%;\">\n<img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/thmb\/UhPuLydwhT5jzti7kiuMxIDnRgg=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/uti-GettyImages-1055502216-6495973405b5404ca895ee8bb1e27b53.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"A person feeling urinary tract infection discomfort\" class=\" universal-image__image lazyloadwait\"><br \/>\n<noscript><br \/>\n<img\nsrc=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/thmb\/UhPuLydwhT5jzti7kiuMxIDnRgg=\/300x200\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/uti-GettyImages-1055502216-6495973405b5404ca895ee8bb1e27b53.jpg\"\nwidth=\"300\"\nheight=\"200\"\nclass=\"img--noscript universal-image__image\"\nalt=\"A person feeling urinary tract infection discomfort\"\n\/><br \/>\n<\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"heading-toc\" id=\"toc-how-does-raw-meat-cause-utis\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"> <span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> How Does Raw Meat Cause UTIs? <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> UTIs typically occur when <em>E. coli<\/em> from the gut enters the urinary tract through the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body. To help prevent these infections, experts recommend urinating after sex, <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link-ai\" href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/healthiest-way-to-wipe-your-butt-4154369\" link-destination-recommendation-ai=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">wiping front to back<\/a>, and choosing showers over baths.<span class=\"ql-inline-citation\" data-cite=\"2\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The new findings suggest that food safety habits may also play a role in preventing UTIs.<span class=\"ql-inline-citation\" data-cite=\"3\"><\/span>&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Avoiding cross-contamination in the kitchen is important. If you <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link-ai\" href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/lettuce-e-coli-contamination-6542307\" link-destination-recommendation-ai=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">cut raw meat and salad greens<\/a> on the same cutting board, you may swallow <em>E. coli <\/em>from the meat when you eat the raw salad. From there, the bacteria can easily travel to your gut and then on to the urinary tract, Price said.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;It&#8217;s also possible that people are not getting their hands totally clean, and then when they&#8217;re using the bathroom, they could introduce the bacteria directly into the urogenital tract,&#8221; he added.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"heading-toc\" id=\"toc-higher-uti-rates-in-low-income-areas\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"> <span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> Higher UTI Rates in Low-Income Areas <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Although the researchers did not investigate direct causes, multiple factors likely explain why people in low-income areas have a greater risk of foodborne-UTIs.<span class=\"ql-inline-citation\" data-cite=\"1\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Unlike stores in high-income neighborhoods, stores in low-income areas don&#8217;t always package meat well, which can contribute to cross-contamination with raw meat juice on other products in the cart or the bag, Price said.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Even if people avoid cross-contamination at the grocery store, they may get exposed to bacteria at home. A 2017 study of 100 homes in a low-income Pennsylvania neighborhood associated a lack of cleaning supplies with <em>E. coli<\/em> contamination.<span class=\"ql-inline-citation\" data-cite=\"4\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_32-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;If you barely have enough to eat, you&#8217;re not spending your money on paper towels, cleaning supplies, or cutting boards,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/pvamu.elsevierpure.com\/en\/persons\/jennifer-quinlan\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Quinlan, PhD<\/a>, author of the 2017 study, professor and executive director of the Food Security Research Center at Prairie View A&amp;M University, told Verywell.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"heading-toc\" id=\"toc-how-to-lower-your-risk-of-foodborne-utis\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"> <span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text text-title-300\"> How to Lower Your Risk of Foodborne UTIs <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> There are multiple ways to <a class=\"recommendation-inline-link-ai\" href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/foods-to-avoid-with-uti-8697723\" link-destination-recommendation-ai=\"true\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">lower your risk of foodborne UTIs<\/a> from contaminated meat: frequently wash your hands with soap and water, store meat at 40\u00b0F or below in the refrigerator, and cook raw meat straight from the packaging rather than rinsing it with water.<span class=\"ql-inline-citation\" data-cite=\"5\"><\/span><span class=\"ql-inline-citation\" data-cite=\"3\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Our research found a lot of pathogens on dish rags, sponges, or in the kitchen sink &#8211; 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