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From Serogroup to Genome: The Unfinished Transition in EU Food Safety Criteria for Shiga Toxin-Producing <em>Escherichia coli</em>
2026-04-08
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) remain a leading cause of severe foodborne illness in the European Union, including haemolytic uraemic syndrome and fatalities. EU food safety criteria for STEC, established by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 as amended, require serogroup-based testing for six designations — and only in sprouts. Most high-risk food categories, including raw milk cheese and minc...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d69d3691-3469-52cd-9e80-e550c18899c6
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202604.0508.v1
