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‘Big Six’ banned 9 years ago are getting their due with E. coli testing

By News Desk on June 15, 2020

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) plans to expand its routine verification testing to include six Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (non-O157 STEC; O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, or O145) that are adulterants.

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Scientists study diversity of big six E. coli strains

By News Desk on April 20, 2020

Scientists from a university in Singapore have found strains of foodborne E. coli have different tolerances towards acidic conditions.

E. coli O157:H7 is widely recognized due to the severity of illnesses it causes. There are…
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Top Ten Most Important Food Safety Stories of 2012

By News Desk on December 27, 2012

Editor’s Note: We continue today with our look back at what happened in 2012 with the Top Ten Most Important Stories of 2012 as selected by the writers and editors of Food Safety News.…
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USDA Looks to Expand Non-O157 E. coli Testing

By Helena Bottemiller on October 4, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is planning to expand testing for six non-O157 strains of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) – just recently declared adulterants – to more beef products…
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E. coli Conference: Research Should Focus on the Source

By Dan Flynn on August 30, 2012

The report from the so-called “supershedders” conference on the future of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) research — held recently in Scotland — is out. It identifies key knowledge gaps and recommends areas for future research.
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DeLauro Disappointed by Non-O157 STEC Policy Delay

By News Desk on February 15, 2012

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Ct), who serves as Ranking Member on the

Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, expressed disappointment Tuesday regarding the U.S. Department of

Agriculture’s announcement that there will be a 90 day…

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FSIS Delays ‘Big Six’ E. Coli Policy 90 Days

By Helena Bottemiller on February 9, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new, groundbreaking non-O157 E. coli policy, which classifies six new strains as adulterants and requires testing, will become effective 90 days later than originally planned, the Food Safety and Inspection…

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Comments to FSIS Varied on Non-O157 E. Coli Testing

By Dan Flynn on January 9, 2012

More E. coli testing may be just days away, or it could be well past March 5 before we know how all this is going to come out.

Since the USDA Under Secretary for Food…

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Top Food Safety Stories of 2011: No. 4

By Dan Flynn on December 28, 2011

Ground beef sold to Americans is going to undergo more E. coli testing in 2012, and the historic decision to require it was 2011’s 4th more important food safety story.

For the first time since…

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Australia, New Zealand Raise Concerns Over 'Big Six'

By News Desk on December 8, 2011

The governments of Australia and New Zealand, major beef exporters, expressed written concern last week to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service over their new non-O157 E. coli policy, according to the North American…

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