National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods to host public meetings
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold full committee and subcommittees meetings on Sept. 9-11.
FSIS says the full committee will hold an open plenary session followed by open meetings of two subcommittees. The Subcommittee on Effective Salmonella Control Strategies for Poultry will discuss additional strategies that FSIS could implement to reduce Salmonella infections. The Subcommittee on Study of Virulence Factors and Attributes that Define Foodborne Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) as Severe Human Pathogens will work to increase the scientific information available on STECs and investigate improved detection and identification methods for these pathogens.