Listeria

AMI Memos/Informational Memorandum
Listeria monocytogenes Control at Retail Delis (06/16/2009)

Listeria monocytogenes Petition for Regulatory Limit (06/16/2009)

FSIS RTE Testing Data by Production Volume (01/09/2008)

FSIS Notice 61-04: Interpretation (1/5/2005)

Notice 61-04, Listeria monocytogenes Risk-Based Verification Testing Program, Phase 1: Introduction of a New Sampling Project - RTE001


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


Comments

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


Government Documents

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)


Fact Sheets/Charts
AMI Fact Sheet, Listeria, July 2010

AMI Chart, Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes on Ready-to-Eat Foods, 1996-2006

AMI Chart, Incidence of Foodborne Illness, Listeria, 1996-2007


Press Releases/News Stories
AMI News Story, FSIS Unveils New Policy to Control Listeria in Food, February 7, 2008

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

AMI Statement, 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 Web site, Meatsafety.org