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Cutting 80 percent of pathogen testing for produce, USDA begins shutdown of MDP
Story Date: 11/15/2012
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Source: Helena Bottemiller, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 11/13/12
After months of uncertainty over the future of the program, the Agricultural Marketing Service’s Microbiological Data Program, which tests produce for disease-causing pathogens like E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Listeria, has officially gone into shutdown mode, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official confirmed Tuesday.
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