People die from the e. coli on organic food too. Did you know that organic fertilizer often contains e. coli whereas chemicals do not?
Why does it contain e-coli ? Because you get it from animals that have e-coli (the ones that eat corn mostly) and the fertilizer (ie the manure) is not handled properly.
I grew up farming and the only fertilizer in the fields came from the animal waste (manure and waste water that we used to clean the barn in the winter, and the water used to clean the milking facility year-round) that accumulated over the winter and was spread in the fields the rest of the year, in the fields that the cows had been grazing in (after you move the animals to a fresh pasture) or after the grass had been bailed for hay. All this natural fertilizer is stored in a large concrete pool (open air), grass, weeds, grow on the crust at the top, birds eat the bugs, there is a whole ecosystem on there... Then you dig a hole in the crust, suck up the stuff in a tank and spread it in the fields.
We drank water out of the natural springs in the fields (that was also used to water the veggies in the garden), drank the milk from the cows that grazed in the fields (unpasteurized, right out of the milk tank), and never ever got a stomach bug like bad e-coli.
e-coli contaminated food happens when the manure is not handled properly to begin with, or when there is too much of it for nature to do it's job. This also tells you that you are not farming properly btw.
Granted it was a small farm, so it was easier to control. (50 dairy cows year round, 10 to 15 calves a year for meat, 60 sheep, for meat, 10 to 15 chicken for eggs, depending on how hungry the fox was, and how awake the dogs were at night).
Looking at CAFOs, I am amazed that people don't get sick more often...
(I just typed another rant...