Official Guidance & Industry Best Practices
Official Guidance & Industry Best Practices
for using MicroTally® products:
1. FSIS Directive:
Sampling Verification Activities for Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Raw Beef Products.
- Analytes: Seven adulterant STEC serogroups (E. coli O157, O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145) and Salmonella
- Matrixes: Beef manufacturing trimmings and bench trim.
2. Beef Industry Food Safety Council:
Guidance Document for Lotting and Sampling of Beef Products for Pathogen Analysis
- Analytes: Salmonella and the 6 specific serotypes (O26, O103, O45, O111, O121 and O145) of shiga toxin-producing E. coli that are regulated as adulterants in beef
- Matrixes: Beef products.