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FSIS to delay non-O157 STEC implementation
Story Date: 2/10/2012
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Source: Tom Johnston, MEATINGPLACE, 2/9/12
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said today it will extend by 90 days the implementation date for conducting routine sampling of six additional serogroups of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. The implementation date is now June 4, according to the North American Meat Processors Association.
The extension will allow additional time for processors to validate their test methods and detect these pathogens prior to entering commerce.
FSIS will initially sample raw beef manufacturing trimmings and other raw ground beef product components produced domestically and imported, and test the samples for the serogroups (O26, O45, O103, O111, O121 and O145).
On Sept. 13, 2011, USDA announced it will prohibit from sale into commerce raw ground beef found to contain those serogroups.
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