United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2012_register executive 2012-05-05 article Notices D09002ee1c7fd0e89 D09002ee1c7fd0f05 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Food Safety and Inspection Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing proposed new procedures that it intends to implement when FSIS or other Federal or State agencies find raw ground beef presumptive positive for Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7. This methodology will enable FSIS to better determine whether the establishments that produced the source materials for contaminated product have produced other product that may not be microbiologically independent from the contaminated product. The Agency is also announcing its intention to now, as a matter of routine policy, request a recall if an establishment was the sole supplier of beef trim source materials for ground product that FSIS or other Federal or State agencies find positive for E. coli O157:H7, evidence suggests that contamination most likely occurred at the supplier establishment, and a portion of the product from the originating source lot was sent to other establishments. This notice also explains that FSIS intends to determine whether it can make better use of establishment results and also intends to conduct a study to help it identify the source of E. coli O157:H7 positive ground beef when the material from multiple suppliers was used to produce positive product. Finally, this notice announces the availability of compliance guidelines concerning establishment sampling and testing for shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) organisms or virulence markers and compliance guidelines for E. coli O157:H7 sampled and tested labeling claims. 77 FR 26725 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-07/2012-10904 2012-10904 fr07my12-21 3410-DM-P Docket No. FSIS-2011-0009 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-07/2012-10904 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-07/html/2012-10904.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-07/pdf/2012-10904.pdf 8 p. 26725 26732 77 FR 26725 Changes to FSIS Traceback, Recall Procedures for Escherichia coli O157:H7 Positive Raw Beef Product, and Availability of Compliance Guidelines; Federal Register Vol. 77, Issue NOTICE 2012-10904 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food Safety and Inspection Service 2012-07-06 Docket No. FSIS-2011-0009 3410-DM-P 2012-10904 Notice.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing proposed new procedures that it intends to implement when FSIS or other Federal or State agencies find raw ground beef presumptive positive for Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7. This methodology will enable FSIS to better determine whether the establishments that produced the source materials for contaminated product have produced other product that may not be microbiologically independent from the contaminated product. The Agency is also announcing its intention to now, as a matter of routine policy, request a recall if an establishment was the sole supplier of beef trim source materials for ground product that FSIS or other Federal or State agencies find positive for E. coli O157:H7, evidence suggests that contamination most likely occurred at the supplier establishment, and a portion of the product from the originating source lot was sent to other establishments. This notice also explains that FSIS intends to determine whether it can make better use of establishment results and also intends to conduct a study to help it identify the source of E. coli O157:H7 positive ground beef when the material from multiple suppliers was used to produce positive product. Finally, this notice announces the availability of compliance guidelines concerning establishment sampling and testing for shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) organisms or virulence markers and compliance guidelines for E. coli O157:H7 sampled and tested labeling claims.

FSIS requests comments on policies and procedures in this notice by July 6, 2012. FSIS intends to evaluate comments, make any necessary changes to policies and procedures based on comments and announce final policies, procedures, and implementation dates in a subsequent Federal Register notice. Changes to FSIS Traceback, Recall Procedures for Escherichia coli O157: H7 Positive Raw Beef Product, and Availability of Compliance Guidelines , http://origin-www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Transcript_031010_Traceability.pdf http://www.foodsafetyworkinggroup.gov/FSWG_Key_Findings.pdf http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Email_Subscription/ http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Baseline_Data_Domestic_Beef_Trimmings_Rev.pdf http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Draft_Guidelines_Sampling_Beef_Trimmings_Ecoli.pdf http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Validation_Studies_Pathogen_Detection_Methods.pdf http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/2010_Notices_Index/index.asp http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations_&_policies/Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Significant_Guidance/index.asp http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 77, no. 88 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2012-05-07 continuing daily deposited born digital 261 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-07 P0b002ee182633aeb 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr07my12 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-05-07 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-07/pdf/FR-2012-05-07.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-05-07/xml/FR-2012-05-07.xml fdlp 26659 26910 DGPO 2012-05-05 2024-06-03 FR-2012-05-07 machine generated eng FR FR-2012-05-07 77 88