Validation of Additional Approaches and Applications for Using the Continuous and Manual Sampling Devices for Raw Beef Trim

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The goal of this work was to determine efficacy of MicroTally-based sampling of raw beef trimmings in scenarios commonly encountered in the commercial beef processing industry, but not already validated. Matched samples from six commercial beef processing plants were used to compare MicroTally-based sampling (Continuous and Manual Sampling Devices to established methods (N60 Excision and/or N60 Plus). The results indicate that commercial implementation of MicroTally-based sampling with various deviations from the original validation conditions provided similar pathogen detection as established methods.

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