date:Nov 28, 2012
A spokesperson told Food Safety News: FSIS did consider testing for Yersinia in the more recent Market Hog Microbiological Baseline Survey, but concluded that available testing methods were not reliable for detecting pathogenic serotypes and genotypes of [Yersinia]. Instead, the baseline study focused resources on determining Salmonella prevalence and levels on market hog carcasses because it is widely accepted that Salmonella is more resistant to heat compared to [Yersinia] and lethality temper