The Manufacturing Council: Meeting, 53407 [E8-21572]
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Rainbow Agar, and reacts specifically
with O157 antiserum.
• Confirmed Positive—a
biochemically-identified Escherichia
coli isolate that is serologically or
genetically determined to be ‘‘O157’’
that meets at least one of the following
criteria:
(1) Positive for Shiga toxin (ST)
production
(2) Positive for the Shiga toxin gene (stx)
(3) Genetically determined to be ‘‘H7’’
If an FSIS laboratory’s confirmatory
test results are insufficient to allow
identification of E. coli O157:H7, then
the isolate is transferred to the
Outbreaks Section of the Eastern
Laboratory Microbiology Branch
(OSEL), or to an FSIS reference
laboratory, for further testing prior to
issuance of a report of the test results.
State Programs and Foreign
Government Programs
States that have their own meat
inspection programs for meat products
produced and transported solely within
the State are required to have mandatory
ante mortem and post mortem
inspection, reinspection, and sanitation
requirements that are at least equal to
those in the Federal Meat Inspection Act
(21 U.S.C. 661(a)(1)). Therefore, these
States’ sampling procedures and testing
methods for E. coli O157:H7 in raw beef
products must be at least as sensitive as
FSIS’ procedures and testing methods
for E. coli O157:H7.
Foreign countries that are eligible to
export meat products to the United
States must apply inspection, sanitary,
and other standards that are equivalent
to those that FSIS applies to those
products (21 U.S.C. 620). Thus, in
evaluating a foreign country’s meat
inspection system to determine the
country’s eligibility to export products
to the United States, FSIS considers
whether the testing methods and
procedures for E. coli O157:H7 that the
country applies are equivalent to those
that FSIS uses.
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Establishment Testing or Testing on
Behalf of Establishments (Non-FSIS
Laboratories)
As discussed above, FSIS will use
genetic testing to determine ‘‘O157’’ and
‘‘H7’’ identity in circumstances where
atypical serology or other reactions are
encountered. The genetic testing now
used by FSIS laboratories for
identification of certain strains of E. coli
O157:H7 detected in FSIS laboratories
may pose some difficulties for non-FSIS
laboratories. Some non-FSIS
laboratories may not be able to conduct
genetic analyses because they do not
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have the necessary resources. Moreover,
the improper application of a less robust
or inadequately validated genetic test by
a laboratory might lead to a false
negative or other misleading results.
FSIS believes that alternative criteria
for confirmatory identification of E. coli
O157:H7 or E. coli O157:H7-like bacteria
may be appropriate if it is equivalent to
the criteria used by FSIS. To be regarded
as equivalent to the FSIS criteria, a test
would have to detect all hypothetical E.
coli O157:H7 strains, typical or variant,
that would be identified using FSIS’
confirmatory testing procedures and
criteria.
For establishment testing or testing on
behalf of an establishment, FSIS
recognizes that other criteria, while not
used specifically by FSIS for
identification of E. coli O157:H7, may be
a significant and expedient indicator of
the presence of E. coli O157:H7 in
products. Such tests might be applied as
rapid screening procedures to expedite
analyses. If an establishment uses or
contracts with a laboratory that uses
such rapid screening procedures, and
product is found positive by that test,
FSIS expects the establishment to take
appropriate corrective action and to
ensure the proper disposition of
adulterated products following a
positive test result (9 CFR 417.3).
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rulemaking and policy development is
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ensure that minorities, women, and
persons with disabilities are aware of
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2008.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
The Manufacturing Council: Meeting
International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Supplemental Notice of a
Meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Manufacturing Council
will hold a meeting to deliberate for
approval a draft letter of
recommendation on Sustainable
Manufacturing metrics.
DATES: September 23, 2008.
TIME: 4 p.m. (EDT).
ADDRESSES: Louise Slaughter Building
Conference Room 2120, Rochester
Institute of Technology, Center for
Integrated Manufacturing Studies, 111
Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY
14623.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: The
Manufacturing Council Executive
Secretariat, Room 4043, Washington, DC
20230 (Phone: 202–482–1369), or visit
the Council’s Web site at https://
www.manufacturing.gov/council.
Dated: September 11, 2008.
Kate Sigler,
Executive Secretary, The Manufacturing
Council.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
The Manufacturing Council: Meeting
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Supplemental Notice of a Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Manufacturing Council will hold a meeting to deliberate
for approval a draft letter of recommendation on Sustainable
Manufacturing metrics.
DATES: September 23, 2008.
Time: 4 p.m. (EDT).
ADDRESSES: Louise Slaughter Building Conference Room 2120, Rochester
Institute of Technology, Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies,
111 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: The Manufacturing Council Executive
Secretariat, Room 4043, Washington, DC 20230 (Phone: 202-482-1369), or
visit the Council's Web site at https://www.manufacturing.gov/council.
Dated: September 11, 2008.
Kate Sigler,
Executive Secretary, The Manufacturing Council.
[FR Doc. E8-21572 Filed 9-11-08; 4:15 pm]
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