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Daily Star

The Internal Security Forces shuttered a restaurant near Tyre after 25 school children suffered food poisoning while on a field trip there, the state-run National News Agency reported Sunday.

Vancouver Sun

In a recent survey, researchers at the Nova Scotia-based institution found that few of the respondents could accurately remember some recent food recalls, while many underestimated the number of recalls that had been issued.

Equally worrying, only about 18 per cent felt consumers were among the groups most responsible for food safety — even though up to 80 per cent of contamination happens due to improper handling and preparation in consumers’ own kitchens, according to the professor who led the survey.

More than 83 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement that “food contamination primarily occurs before food reaches my home.”

“It’s actually quite troubling,” said Sylvain Charlebois, a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie.

“(It) means that most consumers don’t feel responsible, while the majority of food-borne illnesses are due to cross-contamination at home.”

Janta Kare Reporter

Around 150 students fell ill due to food poisoning at Noida’s Step By Step school on Thursday. The students were later taken to different hospitals including Jaypee and Apollo for treatment.

FSIS USDA

About the Testing Program

2012, Testing for non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli 

FSIS considers raw, non-intact beef products or the components of these products found to have six Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) to be adulterated, in addition to E. coli O157:H7. (Refer to the Federal Register notice Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Certain Raw Beef Products | PDF). These six non-O157 STECs are O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145.

On June 4, 2012, FSIS began verification testing for these non-O157 STEC in domestic and imported beef manufacturing trimmings from cattle slaughtered on or after June 4, 2012. Beef manufacturing trimmings collected from cattle slaughtered before June 4, 2012, or that contain other components such as cheek meat are analyzed for E. coli O157:H7 only.

History and Background

Additional information about the sampling program.

Annual Report for STEC in Raw Ground Beef or Veal and Raw Ground Beef or Veal Components

Reports for calendar years 2011-2013.

Summary Tables (Archives)

Tables from CY 2012 include results from analysis for E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 STEC. Tables for prior years present results from analysis for E. coli O157:H7.