US vs E coli : not a forgotten issuehttps://www.newsinferno.com/archives/24367
US Looking at Better E. Coli Rules
Date Published: Monday, September 27th, 2010
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"The new food safety chief, Elisabeth Hagen, in a speech last week, said that the issue is the administration’s top priority; however, a schedule to implement the new regulation was not provided, said the Des Moines Register. “I think we know more than we did in the 1990s when O157 was determined to be an adulterant,” Hagen said at a food policy conference, quoted the Des Moines Register"
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"Industry is fighting the regulation saying that adding E. coli strains to regulations, “needlessly divert scarce resources away from enhancing food safety prevention efforts,” said the American Meat Institute..."
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" Hagen said increased focus would be placed on food tracking and enforcing animal welfare regulations; however, details were not provided, said the Des Moines Register."