In 2023, Listeria monocytogenes persistence remains a problem in the food business. A
profound understanding of how this pathogen persists may lead to better aimed intervention …

This report of the European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease
Prevention and Control presents the results of zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in …

Processing environment monitoring is gaining increasing importance in the context of food
safety management plans/HACCP programs, since past outbreaks have shown the …

Listeria (L.) monocytogenes is of global concern for food safety as the listeriosis-causing
pathogen is widely distributed in the food processing environments, where it can survive for …

A multi‐country outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes ST 6 linked to blanched frozen
vegetables (bfV) took place in the EU (2015–2018). Evidence of food‐borne outbreaks …

Frozen vegetables have emerged as a concern due to their association with foodborne
outbreaks such as the multi-country outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes serogroup IVb …

Listeria monocytogenes (in the meat, fish and seafood, dairy and fruit and vegetable
sectors), Salmonella enterica (in the feed, meat, egg and low moisture food sectors) and …

Several foodborne outbreaks associated with food of non-animal origin (FNAO) were
reported within the last years. In recent years, Listeria monocytogenes has been associated …

An outbreak of invasive Listeria monocytogenes infections confirmed by whole‐genome
sequencing (WGS) and linked to frozen corn and possibly to other frozen vegetables has …

Foodborne outbreaks associated with fresh produce due to human pathogenic bacteria
have become a global concern. In this study, we investigated the ability of three fresh …