Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (‎RTE)‎ food: attribution, characterization and monitoring: meeting report

Microbiological risk assessment series 38

Overview

Since the publication of the 2004 risk assessment, outbreaks of illness and resultant deaths due to L. monocytogenes continue to occur across the globe. Continued effort is needed to summarize and critically evaluate the most recent information on L. monocytogenes in RTE foods. New data to improve and further inform the 2004 Risk Assessment is available for nearly every factor considered previously, including new quantitative data on L. monocytogenes contamination of foods.

To facilitate this work, an FAO/WHO expert meeting was held by virtual means from 20 October to 6 November 2020 to review and discuss the available data and background documents, and to assess the need to modify and update risk assessment models/tools. This report focuses on the deliberations and conclusions of the expert meeting.

WHO Team
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA), Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS), Standards & Scientific Advice on Food Nutrition (SSA)
Editors
World Health Organization & Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Number of pages
202
Reference numbers
ISBN: 978-92-4-003496-9
WHO Reference Number: CC2400EN/1/10.22
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