FSIS Notice 66-07 MULTIPLE FOLLOW-UP SAMPLING AFTER.ppt

FSIS Notice 66-07MULTIPLE FOLLOW-UP SAMPLING AFTER POSITIVE E. coli O157:H7 RESULTS New Follow-Up Sampling This notice includes new instructions for multiple follow-up sampling of raw ground beef or raw ground beef or beef patty components in response to an FSIS positive E. coli O157:H7 result or another Federal or State entity’s positive E. coli O157:H7 result. New Follow-Up Sampling Analysis of E. coli O157:H7 sample data from 2000 through 2005 shows that plants are more likely to have a second positive sample if they have had a positive sample within the preceding 120 days. Sampling Procedures After a positive result, inspection program personnel will receive 16 follow-up sample forms to sample product from the establishment that produced the positive product. Forms will be automatically generated. Sampling Procedures At low volume establishments (establishments that produce less than 1,000 pounds per day of product in question), inspectors are only to submit 8 samples and are to return the unused sample forms. For all other establishments, inspectors are to submit 16 samples. Sampling Procedures Multiple follow-up sample forms codes: MT44Raw ground beef product samples MT53 Beef manufacturing trimmings, or other raw ground beef or raw beef patty components MT52 Multiple follow-up sampling of suppliers Sampling Procedures Sampling Frequency: 1. a maximum of 2 follow-up samples per shift per day from different lots (or up to 4 samples per day at a 2-shift establishment), unless the establishment cannot continue to operate under that sampling frequency (e.g., because the establishment cannot fill orders and hold all sampled product), or the inspection program personnel’s workload cannot accommodate that sampling frequency; and Sampling Procedures 2. a minimum of 3 follow-up samples per week, unless the establishment produces the product in question less than three times per week, the establishment cannot continue to operate unde