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The table below includes all positive results as of September 7, 2008.

Raw Ground Beef Products Analyzed for E. coli O157:H7, Calendar Year 2008
Sample Source1 Collection Date Where Collected Product Status Total Positives this Year Samples Analyzed this Year Total Positives2 Total Samples Analyzed2
Federal Sep 3, 2008 TN Held 29 8,209 357 112,191
Federal Aug 20, 2008 AL Held 28 8,056 356 112,038
Federal Aug 13, 2008 IL Held 27 7,854 355 111,836
Federal Aug 5, 2008 CA Held 26 7,618 354 111,600
Federal Jul 25, 2008 CA Held 25 7,192 353 111,174
Federal Jul 23, 2008 AK Held 23 7,192 351 111,174
Federal Jul 23, 2008 GA Held 24 7,192 352 111,174
Federal Jul 16, 2008 MD Held 22 6,743 350 110,725
Federal Jul 15, 2008 OH Held 21 6,743 349 110,725
Federal Jul 9, 2008 NY Held 20 6,743 348 110,725
Import Jul 8, 2008 Mexico Not Held 19 6,529 347 110,511
Federal Jul 7, 2008 OH Held 18 6,529 346 110,511
Federal Jun 30, 2008 SC Held 17 6,343 345 110,325
Federal Jun 25, 2008 NE Held 16 6,343 344 110,325
Federal Jun 14, 2008 OR Held 15 5,942 343 109,924
Federal Jun 12, 2008 OH Held 14 5,942 342 109,924
Federal Jun 11, 2008 IL Held 13 5,942 341 109,924
Federal Jun 11, 2008 NE Held 12 5,942 340 109,924
Federal Jun 10, 2008 MO Held 11 5,693 339 109,675
Federal Jun 5, 2008 MI Held 10 5,693 338 109,675
Federal Jun 4, 2008 PA Held 9 5,425 337 109,407
Federal Jun 3, 2008 NJ Recalled 8 5,425 336 109,407
Federal Jun 3, 2008 PA Held 7 5,425 335 109,407
Federal May 28, 2008 MO Held 6 5,149 334 109,131
Federal May 14, 2008 MD Held 5 4,732 333 108,714
Federal Apr 22, 2008 CA Held 4 4,003 332 107,985
Federal Apr 9, 2008 TX Held 3 3,474 331 107,456
Federal Mar 20, 2008 MI Held 2 2,810 330 106,792
Federal Mar 11, 2008 WI Held 1 2,508 329 106,490

1Sample Sources may include these types of establishments:
  • Federal
  • Retail
  • State
  • Import (For Import samples, the column "Where Collected" is defined as Country of Origin.)

2Totals: "Total Positives" and "Total Samples Analyzed" are the totals since FSIS began its testing program to detect E. coli O157:H7 in raw ground beef on October 17, 1994.

Last Modified: September 12, 2008


 

 

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