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Table 2 Summary of existing testing of E. coli and E. coli STEC and/or O157 in microbiological criteria for meat and RTE food products

From: Overview of pathogenic Escherichia coli, with a focus on Shiga toxin-producing serotypes, global outbreaks (1982–2024) and food safety criteria

  

Raw

RTE

Reference

  

Carcass meat

Mechanically prepared meat (processed meat and non-specific)

Fishery products (non-specific)

Meat (non-specific)

Other products (does not include meat) α

 

Region

Authority and/or Criteria code

Cattle (beef)

Sheep

Goat

Horse

Pig

Chicken

Turkey

Meat (non-specific)

Parts and/or steaks

Minced

Fermented

Sausages

Other (refer to reference

    

America

USA

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

✓

✓

✓

–

–

–

✓

[108,109,110,111,112]

Canada

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

✓

✓

✓

–

E

✓

✓

[113,114,115,116,117]

Brazil

E

–

–

–

E

E

E

–

E

E

E

E

–

E

–

E

[118,119,120]

Europe₸

(EC) No. 2073/2005

E

E

E

E

E

–

–

–

–

E

–

–

–

E

–

✓

[103]

UK Ω

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

✓

[106, 107]

Scotland Ω

E

E

E

E

E

–

–

✓

–

E

–

E

–

–

–

–

[121]

Ireland Ω

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

E/✓

[122, 123]

Turkey Ω

E

E

E

E

E

–

–

–

E/✓

E/✓

✓

✓

–

E

–

✓

[123, 124]

Asia

India

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

E

E

E

E

–

E

–

✓

[125]

Philippines

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

E

–

E

E

–

E

E

E

[124, 126]

Indonesia

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

E

E

E

–

–

E

–

E

[127]

Thailand

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

E

E

E

[128]

China

✓

✓

–

–

–

✓

✓

✓

✓

–

✓

–

✓

E

✓

✓

[129, 130]

Hong Kong

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 –

–

✓

–

–

–

E

E

✓

[131]

Japan

E

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

E

E

E

E

E

E

E

E/✓

[131, 132]

Singapore

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

E

E/✓

–

E/✓

E/✓

–

–

E/✓

[133,134,135,136]

South Korea (Republic of Korea)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

E

–

–

–

–

E

E

E

E

[137]

Australia and New Zealand‡

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

✓

✓

–

–

–

–

✓

[105, 137,138,139,140,141]

GSO 1016/2015❖

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

E/✓

–

E/✓

–

E/✓

–

E

–

✓

[104]

Africa

South Africa♦

E

E

E

E

E

–

–

E

✓

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

[142] 

  1. USA United States of America, EC Commission Regulation of European Commission (EC) No. 2073/2005, UK United Kingdom; a criterion tests the product against (✓) E. coli STEC and/or O157, (E) E. coli enumeration and (–): no requirements publicly available for the latter tests
  2. ₸The EC No. 2073/2005 criteria are applied in European countries; however, some European countries have other food criteria indicated with Ω symbol
  3. ‡Compendium provided by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
  4. ❖The GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) 1016/2015 criteria are applied in the GCC countries
  5. ♦This set of criteria is a draft, and no further updates of it were found
  6. α: Various products e.g. sprouts/fruits/vegetables
  7. Disclaimer: The information provided in this table was retrieved from the documents available online and does not necessarily reflect the current official requirements of the stated countries. The data also include unpublished data supplied by other governmental departments, agencies and stakeholders
  8. Note: Due to the term variations in non-English documents and the difficulty of finding the latest versions, it is recommended that the original references should be read to obtain a wide range of accurate information
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