Listeria

Notices, Directives and Policy Memos

FSIS Federal Register Notice: Update of the 2003 Interagency Quantitative Assessment of the Relative Risk to Public Health From Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to- Eat Foods; Request for Comments, Scientific Data and Information, April 7, 2011

FSIS Notice 59-10: Compositing of Environmental Samples Collected During Routine Risk-Based RLm Sampling

FSIS Notice 10-10 Exception for Certain Products from the RTE Sampling Programs

FSIS Notice 64-09 Intensified Verification Testing and 'For Cause' Food Safety Assessments in Reponse to RTE Results


Government Documents

National Health Objectives for 2020

Quantitative Assessment of Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Catagories of RTE Foods (9/2005)
FDA/CFSAN, USDA/FSIS, CDC


FSIS Risk Assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in Deli Meats (5/2003)
D. Gallagher, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and E. Ebel, J. Kause, USDA/FSIS


Compliance Guidelines to Control Listeria monocytogenes in Post-Lethality Exposed RTE Meat and Poultry Products (10/2004)


Comments

Draft FSIS Risk Assessment for Listeria in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products (1/2006)


Correspondence

Notification and Protocol for New Technology Use of Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Ingredients Individually or in Combination to Prevent Growth of L. monocytogenes in RTE Meat and Poultry



Press Releases/News Stories

Listeria Prevalence in RTE Meat and Poultry Declines in 2010; 81 Percent Drop Since 2000, August 15, 2011

USDA Releases Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda, December 20, 2010

National Health Objectives for 2020 Released, December 3, 2010

FSIS Reissues Notice on Compositing of Environmental Samples During an Risk-Based Listeria Sampling, October 14, 2010

AMI Details Industry Advancements in Listeria Control at FSIS Public Hearing on Retail Risk Assessment, June 23, 2009

FSIS Issues Notice on Collecting of Environmental Samples During Risk-Based Listeria Monocytogenes Sampling, September 11, 2009

AMI Details Industry Advancements in Listeria Control At FSIS Public Hearing on Retail Risk Assessment, June 24, 2009

Canada Issues Recommendations to Enhance Food Safety Following 2008 Listeria Outbreak, June 22, 2009

AMI Tells Congress That Meat and Poultry Industry Has Made Great Food Safety Gains and Continues to Progress, April 23, 2009

FSIS Issues Three Directives Related to Verification of Listeria Control, February 4, 2009

Unveils New Policy to Control Listeria in Food, February 7, 2008

EFSA Updates EU Scientific Advice on Listeria Risk in Ready-To-Eat Foods, January 22, 2008

 EFSA Updates EU Scientific Advice on Listeria in Foods, January 22, 2008

Expert Panel Analyzes Risk-Based Approach to Listeriosis, October 20, 2005


Links

CDC - FoodNet - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network

FSIS Fact Sheet - Listeria monocytogenes

AMI Website - Meatsafety.org