Compliance and regulatory requirements for the meat and poultry ...

Q1 - Estimate the risk of illness in food when the number of
organisms ranges from ND - 1000 cfu/g, or does not exceed
specified levels at the point of consumption
• Nearly all cases of listeriosis result from the consumption of high
numbers of the pathogen
• Vast majority of listeriosis cases associated with the consumption of
foods not meeting current standards for Listeria monocytogenes in
foods, whether that standard is zero tolerance or 100 cfu/g
• Control measures that reduce the frequency and levels of
contamination will have a proportional reduction in the rates of illness