The Food Safety and Inspection Service

FSIS will conduct the new follow-up testing in response to positive E. coli O157:H7 findings in receiving establishments' testing programs (including results from laboratories with which the establishments have contracted). FSIS is developing this new program in response to the increased positive findings for E. coli O157:H7 and the increase in recalls associated with E. coli O157:H7 in 2007.