Word: coliforms
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Sanitation inspector Wilfred B. Krabek discovered the high count, 24 times the acceptable level, in a check of coliform colonies in tea last August. However, no official report of the discovery was filed until January...
...report handed to Ferris Wednesday, Krabek listed the latest count as 0 to 38 coliform colonies per 100 mls. of tea as compared with the August high of 2400 colonies. Ferris commented, "This would be perfectly acceptable...
Krabek reported that the count of coliforms, which constitute a group of bacteria used as an indicator for pollution by human excreta, have been as high as 2400 per 100 milliliters of tea, "iced or otherwise." In comparison, the coliform count of the Charles River is of the order of 20,000/100 mls., while the maximum coliform count of drinking water allowed by Public Health Service standards is one/100...
Kirkland Solves Coliform Problem...
Although the high coliform count for tea was originally made in August, significant steps toward improving the situation have not been taken throughout the University. The Kirkland Pantry has reportedly solved the coliform problem by making team from an "Instant" preparation, but the experiment has yet to be implemented in most of the other dining halls, Krabek said. No recent coliform counts for tea were submitted in the January report...