The Food Safety and Inspection Service today posted on its website a Federal Register notice to confirm that it will begin implementing routine verification sampling for six Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), in addition to E. coli O157:H7, in raw beef manufacturing trimmings. Sampling will begin June 4, 2012.
The Federal Register notice also includes responses to comments on the September 20, 2011, Federal Register notice, Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Certain Raw Beef Products regarding the June 4, 2012, implementation of STEC sampling and related issues. A copy of the Federal Register Notice may be found athttp://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/
Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp.
