Zeitschrift für Lebensmittel : Mikrobiologie, Sicherheit und Hygiene
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A review of Listeria monocytogenes foodborne outbreaks: in retail food facilities after foodborne outbreaks product recalls.

Francis Manjengwa*

Listeria monocytogenes foodborne outbreaks remain one of the leading causes of illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths on a global scale. Convenient foods and global food behavior changes has forced increasing number of people to consume foods prepared outside their homes, potentially exposed to hazards of poor hygiene practices along the production chain in foodservice establishments. Few resources are directed at developing countries for the investigation of foodborne disease outbreaks and incidences of listeriosis may pass uninvestigated, unrecognized, unreported or undocumented. Persistence of contamination at retail establishment’s is a reality not well understood and further studies are required to gather facts that influence the fate of L. monocytogenes. Although incidences in many food categories have improved, the rate has remained constant during the last decade, with current outbreaks repeatedly in small outbreaks than previously recognized. In developing nation’s particularly Sub-Saharan regions documentations lagging behind and it’s not clear whether absents of these reports means no outbreaks present. Realization of current upsurge from food vehicles not traditionally associated with L. monocytogenes and understanding of elimination steps by food retailers after outbreaks provides key knowledge about exposure mitigation with prevention of its growth remains a principle control element.