E. coli O157:H7
Notices, Directives and Policy Memos
FSIS Federal Register Notice on
Test and Control Procedures, April
2011
Notice 60:10 Intensified
Verification Testing and “For Cause” Food
Safety Assessments in Response to Ready-to-Eat
Testing Results
Notice 58-10: Collecting Supplier Information at the Time of Sample Collection for E. coli O157:H7
Government Documents
USDA Audit of Application of FSIS
Sampling Protocol for Testing Best Trim for E.
coli May 2012
OIG Report: FSIS Sampling
Protocol for Testing Beef Trim for E. coli
O157:H7, February 2011
Healthy People 2020
Objectives
USDA Guidelines for School Lunch
Program, July 2011
AMI Comments
AMI Comments in Support New FSIS Test and Hold Procedures - July 2011
Correspondence
AMI Letter to Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack on Non-O157:H7
Shiga-toxin Producing Escherichia coli (STEC),
August 2010
AMI
Letter to FSIS Regarding Risk Assessment for
Non-Intact Beef Steaks, February
1,2010
Fact
Sheets/Charts
The
Role of an N-60 Sampling Program in Ground Beef
Safety, December 2009
AMI Fact Sheet: E. coli
O157:H7
Press
Releases/News Stories
U.S. Achieves Public Health Goals
for E. coli O157:H7 Cases For Second Straight
Year, CDC Says, June 7,
2011
New Federal Data: E.coli O157:H7
Found in Less Than One Quarter of One Percent
of Samples; Prevalence down 72 Percent since
2000 , May 13, 2011
National Academies Report Finds
No Scientific Basis for More Stringent Testing
of Ground Beef Served in School Lunch Programs,
December 9, 2010
National Health Objectives for
2020 Released, December 3, 2010
FSIS Reissues Notice on 'For Cause' FSAs in Response to RTE Results, October 14, 2010
AMI Outlines Actions USDA Should
Take to Address STECs in Beef, August 19,
2010
AMI Defends Current E.
coli Tracing Procedures in Comments to
FSIS, May 13, 2010
AMI: Current E. coli O157:H7 Tracing Procedures Not Broken, March 12, 2010
AMI Letter to President Applauds
Creation of Food Safety Working Group, March
27, 2009
American
Meat Institute Statement on Possible Change to
USDA Policy on E. coli O157:H7 in
Beef, April 9, 2008
Statement
of Beef Industry Food Safety Council Members
Presented at Public Meeting Shiga
Toxin-Producing E. coli: Addressing
the Challenges, Moving Forward with Solutions,
April 10, 2008
AMI
Tells Ag Secretary It Opposes Expansion of FSIS
E. coli Policy, March 31,
2008
FSIS
Issues Salmonella and E. coli
Sampling Notice for Low Volume Establishments,
February 8, 2008
FSIS
Releases E. coli Notices and Poultry
Labeling Guidance, December 21,
2007
Links
CDC -
FoodNet - Foodborne Diseases Active
Surveillance Network
AMI Web Site:
Meatsafety.org
Role
of Microbiological
Testing