Listeria Infections
Listeriosis, a serious infection caused by eating food contaminated with a bacterium, primarily affects pregnant women, newborns, and adults with weakened immune systems. Some simple precautions can protect your family from infection. Infection ... [... more]
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Protéjase y proteja a su bebé de la Listeriosis
Las mujeres embarazadas están en riesgo de enfermarse con Listeria, una bacteria dañina que se encuentra en muchos alimentos. La listeriosis puede causar aborto, parto prematuro, enfermedades graves o la muerte del feto. Si está [... more]
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Report Finds Listeria Rule Sparks Major Industry Changes
A report outlining the impact of the interim final rule designed to further reduce the incidence of Listeria monocytogenes (LM) in ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products and making recommendations for possible future actions was released ... [... more]
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Recalled Peanut Products
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly ... [... more]
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Learn what foodborne illness is and how to prevent certain foodborne risks during your pregnancy. Learn about foodborne illness and how to prevent certain foodborne risks during your pregnancy. It's a harmful bacterium that can be found in ... [... more]
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Preventing Listeria Contamination in Foods
FDA passes on information to consumers, industry and retailers about decreasing listeriosis Keeping ready-to-eat foods cold is key to reducing listeriosis, a serious infection in humans. That's one of the conclusions of a recent Food and Drug ... [... more]
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Who's at risk?
You can get very sick from some ready-to-eat foods if you wait too long to eat them. The sickness is called Listeriosis. A germ called Listeria causes it. It's unusual because it can grow at refrigerator temperatures where most other foodborne ... [... more]
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Listeria monocytogenes Risk Assessment
Listeria: the Bacterium, The Disease / The Listeria Risk Assessment Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause listeriosis, a serious bacterial infection in humans. L. monocytogenes is commonly found in soil and water and on plant ... [... more]
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, ... [... more]
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Home Page
Official website of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers. An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research. The ... [... more]
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U.S. FDA / Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is one of six centers within FDA. The Center promotes and protects the public health and economic interest by ensuring that: Food is safe, nutritious and wholesome, cosmetics and dietary ... [... more]
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