A method has been developed for the detection in beef trim of priority Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains, defined as E. coli possessing the virulence factors stx1 and/or stx2 and intimin (eae), with O serogroups O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145, or O157.
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