MicroTally® as a validated sampling method

Official Guidance using MicroTally® 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.

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.

Analytes: E. coli O157:H7, E. coli O157: NM
Matrixes: Raw ground beef, raw beef trim, frozen finely textured beef, carcass cloths.

Analytes: Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC)
Matrixes: Raw beef trim (375 g and 325 g), fresh spinach (375 g), carcass sampling cloths.

Analytes: STEC VirX: shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Stx1, Stx2, eae; STEC Sero: E. coli O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145, O157:H7
Matrixes: Raw beef trim, ground beef, fresh spinach, beef carcass sampling cloth (4″ x 4″ MicroTally® cloth), cannabis flower, dried hemp flower, all-purpose flour. Cannabis infused gummies, cannabis infused chocolate, and cannabis derived concentrates.

Analytes: Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) containing highly correlated co-localized virulence genes stx and eae
Matrixes: Raw ground beef, raw beef trim, Romaine lettuce, and carcass sampling cloth (MicroTally® or equivalent) from beef trim.

Analytes: Salmonella species
Matrixes: Raw ground turkey, chicken carcass rinsate, raw beef trim, carcass sampling cloth (MicroTally® or equivalent) quantitation of Salmonella as low as 1 CFU/g in breaded and stuffed raw chicken.

Analytes: Salmonella species
Matrixes: Liquid whole egg, cooked ham, raw ground beef, raw chicken, lettuce, dry pet food, chocolate, stainless steel sponge, raw beef, eggs, chicken carcass rinse, raw ground chicken, raw beef trim, raw ground pork, raw ground bison, pasteurized liquid egg, powered egg, whey protein powder, creamy peanut butter, dark chocolate, garlic powder, milk chocolate, whole cannabis flower, whole hemp flower, carcass sampling cloth for beef and pork (MicroTally® or equivalent), boot swabs

Analytes: Escherichia. coli O157:H7
Matrixes: Fresh raw ground beef, fresh raw beef trim, beef carcass sampling cloth, Romaine lettuce, all-purpose flour, stainless steel, unglazed ceramic tile.

Analytes: STEC TOP 7 (E. coli O157:H7, O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145)
Matrixes: Fresh raw ground beef, fresh raw beef trim, beef carcass sampling cloth, Romaine lettuce, all-purpose flour, stainless steel, unglazed ceramic tile.

Analytes: E. coli O157:H7
Matrixes: Fresh raw ground beef, fresh raw beef trim, leafy greens, raw fluid milk, dried cannabis flower & dried hemp flower, sampling cloths swabbed from 375 g beef trim portions.

Analytes: Salmonella
Matrixes: Raw ground beef, chicken carcass rinse, bagged lettuce, cream cheese, dry pet food, stainless steel, milk chocolate, chocolate liquor, cocoa powder, shell egg, plastic, raw comminuted chicken, turkey, whole carcass poultry rinses, fresh raw beef trim, MicroTally® on fresh raw beef trim, fresh raw ground pork, fresh raw pork trim, MicroTally® on fresh raw pork trim, dried cannabis flower, dried hemp flower, sampling cloths swabbed from 375 g beef trim portions.

Analytes: stx, eae virulence genes, E. coli O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145
Matrixes: Raw beef trim, raw ground beef, raw ground beef plus soy, all-purpose flour, dried cannabis flower & dried hemp flower, Sampling cloths swabbed from 375 g beef trim portions.

Analytes: Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp., Genus Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, E. coli O157:H7 and Vibrio spp.
Matrixes: Raw ground beef, chicken carcass rinse, bagged lettuce, cream cheese, dry pet food, stainless steel, milk chocolate, chocolate liquor, cocoa powder, shell egg, plastic, raw comminuted chicken, turkey, whole carcass poultry rinses, fresh raw beef trim, MicroTally® on fresh raw beef trim, fresh raw ground pork, fresh raw pork trim, MicroTally® on fresh raw pork trim, dried cannabis flower, dried hemp flower, sampling cloths swabbed from 375 g beef trim portions.