FSIS to Expand Testing of Imported Ground Beef to New E. Coli Strains
The Food Safety and Inspection Service will on Feb. 1 begin testing samples it collects of imported ground beef for six Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli that are adulterants (non-O157 STEC: O26, O45, O103, O111, O121 or O145), it said in…
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a notice. Currently, samples are tested for only E. coli O157:H7 and salmonella. FSIS also will expand testing for the six new E. coli strains to various raw beef products at beef producing establishments, it said.