This year, the beef industry faces a new challenge: the addition of six strains of shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) to the list of organisms considered to be an adulterant in raw, non-intact beef products by USDA/FSIS.
With the implementation of the FSIS testing programs for the organisms on June 4, 2012, the industry is learning more each day about how these organisms, in addition to E. coli O157:H7, are controlled by current beef safety systems.
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