Survival of Listeria in processed meat and poultry products
Survival of Listeria in processed meat and poultry products
Survival of Listeria in processed meat and poultry products
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ecology<br />
• asymptomatic carriage <strong>in</strong> humans, animals<br />
• is essentially a saprophyte, thus…<br />
• survives, grows <strong>in</strong> moist <strong>and</strong> cool environments - natural or manmade,<br />
with pre-formed nutrients<br />
• colonises factories from whence it contam<strong>in</strong>ates foods after<br />
process<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• can grow <strong>in</strong> hard-to-access niches<br />
• can form bi<strong>of</strong>ilms that enhance resistance to clean<strong>in</strong>g (physical,<br />
chemical)
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