In just a few short months, any official establishment or retail store that grinds raw beef products will be required to keep grinding records showing the source of all raw materials being used.
On Nov. 19, 2014, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published a Notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of its cost-benefit analyses on the current non-O157 STEC testing of beef trimmings and the potential expansion of the agency’s testing program to raw ground beef and ground beef components.