Other publications

Documents on general issues and from bodies outside the EU 

• USDA Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook 3rd Edition, 1998 Volumes 1 & 2
• USDA Risk Profile for Pathogenic Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (non-O157 STEC) - May 2012  
• USDA policy to fight E. coli and protect the food supply - September 2011  
• Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Certain Raw Beef - Docket No. FSIS-2010-0023 - September 2011  
• FSIS Procedure for the use of Escherichia coli O157:H7 screening tests for meat products and carcass and environmental sponges. USDA FSIS Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook 5A.04 - June 2014 revised April 2019 (see below)
• JEMRA FAO/WHO report Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and food: attribution, characterisation and monitoring - 2018 
• USDA Laboratory Guidebook - Detection, Isolation and Identification of Top Seven Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STECs) from Meat Products and Carcass and Environmental Sponges - April 2019
• NACMCF report: Response to Questions Posed bythe Food and Drug Administration RegardingVirulence Factors and Attributes that Define Food-borne Shiga Toxin-ProducingEscherichia coli(STEC) as Severe Human Pathogens - May 2019
• FAO, WHO e Codex Alimentarius- Guidelines for the control of shiga toxin-producing e. coli (stec) in raw beef, fresh leafy vegetables, raw milk and raw milk cheeses, and sprouts cxg 99-2023 adopted in 2023