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Vent: Just read a USDA report on ground beef contamination rates
I was looking up some food safety guidelines last week and found a 2023 USDA report. It said about 1 in every 20 samples of ground beef they tested had traces of E. coli. That's way higher than I thought it would be for commercial product. It really made me double-check our own grind logs and cleaning schedule. Has anyone else reviewed their process lately because of new data?
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robert_bennett295mo ago
Check the report again, that 1 in 20 number is for all beef trimmings, not finished ground beef. The contamination rate for actual packaged ground beef was lower. Still a good wake-up call to review your process, but the risk isn't quite as high as the post makes it sound. The data gets mixed up a lot. You have to read past the headline summary.
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stella_shah895mo ago
My buddy's restaurant got flagged last month for similar issues.
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angela_wilson785mo ago
What did they actually get flagged for? Was it the beef itself or something in their kitchen process? The details matter here. A lot of places get cited for cross contamination during prep, not the meat coming in dirty. Need to know which it was.
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