date:Jun 02, 2012
Starting Monday, June 4, the USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will implement mandatory testing on raw beef manufacturing trimmings to verify the product has not been contaminated by the E coli Big Six variants, O26, O45, O103, O111, O121 and O145, in addition to E coli O157:H7.
The American Meat Institutes executive vice-president, James Hodges said that while the industry will be prepared for the new policy, the sector has already taken important precautions that it has deemed