FOOD SAFETY AND COMMODITY 

SPECIFICATIONS DIVISION

Microbiological Data Review

Annual Industry Meeting 

October 24, 2017
Agenda

 FY2017 Microbiological 

Review

 AMS-UMN Research Project

 Supplement 211 & 212 Vendor 

Performance Handouts

 Animal Handling & Welfare 

Review
FY2017 - Microbiological Review

 Cooked Diced Chicken

 Egg Products

 Boneless Beef

 Finished Product 

(Ground Beef)
 570 Lots Produced by 1 Contractor

 Coliforms, Generic E. coli, S. aureus

 No Critical Limits Exceeded

 SPC

 Four (4) Critical Limits Exceeded

 Salmonella & L. monocytogenes

 No Positive Results 

 9,800,000 lbs. Purchased

FY2017 – Cooked Diced Chicken: 

Microbial Summary
 401 Lots Produced by 5 Contractors

 SPC

 63 Critical Limits Exceeded

 Coliforms

 16 Critical Limits Exceeded

 Generic E. coli

 14 Critical Limits Exceeded

 10,176,000 lbs. Purchased

FY2017 – Unpasteurized Liquid Whole Eggs: 

Microbial Summary
 73 Lots Produced by 1 Contractor

 SPC, Coliforms

 No Limits Exceeded

 Salmonella

 No Positive Results

 540,000 lbs. Purchased

FY2017 – All Purpose Egg Mix: 

Microbial Summary
 387 Lots Produced by 6 Contractors

 SPC

 9 Critical Limits Exceeded

 Coliforms

 No Critical Limits Exceeded

 Salmonella

 No Positive Result

 9,051,360 lbs. Purchased

FY2017 – Frozen Pasteurized Whole Eggs: 

Microbial Summary
 67,418 Lots Produced by 13 Suppliers

 SPC

 45 Critical Limits Exceeded

 Coliforms

 48 Critical Limits Exceeded

 Generic E. coli

 33 Critical Limits Exceeded

 135,685,554 lbs. Produced

FY2017 – Boneless Beef: Indicator 

Organism Summary
O N D J F M A M J J A S

FY2017 – Boneless Beef: 

Pathogen Prevalence by Month

Lot Count: 31,632

Supplier Count: 11

Pounds Tested: 64,078,236

E. coli O157:H7: 16 (0.05%)

Salmonella: 412 (1.30%)

77 

115 

9 

38 

22 

83 

20 

2 2 

20 

11 15 19 5 

57 

51 

Number Positive

51 

4 

2 

2 

4 

1 
 3,367 Lots Produced by 10 Contractors

 O45, O111 & O145

 No Positive Results

 O26

 2 Positive Results

 O103, O121

 1 Positive Results

 6,825,466 lbs. Produced

FY2017 – Boneless Beef: Non-O157 

STEC Summary
6

3

4

5

17

6

Boneless Beef: Comparison of Pathogen 

Prevalence (% Positive) by Fiscal Year

E. coli O157:H7

Salmonella

a-c

Values with different superscripts within the same column color are significantly different (P<0.05).

a a a

b c

a

a

b b

c
FY2013 to 2017 – Boneless Beef: 

Top 5 Salmonella Serotypes

2

4

5

0 0

6

17

0 0

3

0

3

0 0 0

2

831 

54 111 

68 166 
 13,224 Sublots Produced by 9 Contractors

 SPC

 7 Critical Limits Exceeded

 Coliforms

 13 Critical Limits Exceeded

 Generic E. coli

 5 Critical Limits Exceeded

 120,370,354 lbs. Produced

FY2017 – Finished Product: Indicator 

Organism Summary
FY2017 – Finished Product: 

Pathogen Prevalence by Month

Lot Count: 5,076

Contractor Count: 6

Pounds Tested: 46,761,080

E. coli O157:H7: 5 (0.10%)

Salmonella: 90 (1.77%)

3 

35 

9 

9 

1 4

2 

10 

4 

9 

4 

8 

12 

O N D J F M A M J J A S

Number Positive

1 2 1 

3 2 

7 
6

4

5

17

8

Finished Product: Comparison of Pathogen 

Prevalence (% Positive) by Fiscal Year

E. coli O157:H7

Salmonella

a-d

Values with different superscripts within the same column color are significantly different (P<0.05).

a a a aa

a

d

c

b,c

a,b
FY2013 to 2017 – Finished Product: 

Top 5 Salmonella Serotypes

17

0 0

43 

35 

24 

19 

14 
AMS-UMN Research Project

 Analysis of Microbiological Testing Data for Boneless Beef 

and Ground Beef Commodities Associated with Federal 

Nutrition Assistance Programs 

 Scott Vial – PhD Candidate, School of Public Health

 Robust and Collaborative Analysis

 Blinded Data Set – 10/2013 to 7/2017

 Trends, Relationships and Modeling Components
Supplement 211 & 212 Vendor 

Performance Handouts
FY2017 – Animal Handling & Welfare Review

 86 Audits Conducted by QAD

 13% Increase from FY16

 2 For-Cause Audits Conducted

 38 Establishments

 3 Species 

 7,760 Head

 Results

 2 Missed Stuns Observed (Beef)

 No Sensible Animal on Rail Observed

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