The estimate of Salmonella cells surviving
pasteurization (L) described aslog10( p), where
p is the probability of an individual Salmonella
cell surviving pasteurization, was used with
information collected from 31 egg processing
plants for pasteurization times and temperatures
used in processing egg products (see pp.
54–59 in Annex G of the full-length risk assessment
report at http:==www.fsis.usda.gov=PDF=
SE_Risk_Assess_Annex_G_Oct2005.pdf.). Predicted
values of p for given temperatures and
times were made using lethality models developed
by FSIS from data generated by Froning
et al. (2002).