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Experts try to simplify identification of risky STEC strains

A group of experts have developed criteria for categorising potential risk of illness severity from Shiga toxin/verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (STEC/VTEC). The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) work is in response to a request from the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) for information on STEC in food. STEC produce toxins known […]