date:May 22, 2012
A report, which followed a series of inspections by the USDAs Office of Inspector General (OIG), found that the beef industry was following FSIS recommendations and performing thousands of E.coli tests each day.
The six beef slaughter plants visited by theauthorityprocess around 12% of the US beef supply.
The OIG report,Application of FSIS Sampling Protocol for Testing Beef Trim for E.coli O157:H7, came in response to concerns from the US Congress in 2009.
It is the second and final part of a