date:Dec 06, 2012
r pork, but ended up not testing for it. A spokesperson for FSIS said Yersinia wasnt included because the available testing methods were not reliable for detaching pathogenic serotypes and genotypes of [Yersinia].
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations Bad Bug Book, Yersinia enterocolitica can be presumptively identified in 36 to 48 hours, but confirmation can take 14 to 21 days. Determining pathogenicity is more complex, but the USDAs Agricultural Research Service and many other l