Pathogenicity
One of the biggest criticisms of the Consumer Reports study is that it didn’t break down its findings into pathogenic and non-pathogenic types of Yersinia enterocolitica.
“We tested for all strains of Yersinia enterocolitica — similar to what Food Net (CDC) does to confirm illness from Yersinia,” said Urvashi Rangan, director of safety and sustainability at Consumer Reports. “We say in the story that these are potentially pathogenic and we clearly found a lot of it.”