Listeria in Food: Prevalence and Control
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Quality and Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2021) | Viewed by 26902
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Interests: food microbiology and safety; predictive microbiology; food biopreservation; molecular microbiology; high-throughput sequencing technologies; microbial risk assessment of foods
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Interests: food microbiology and safety; predictive microbiology; food biopreservation; molecular microbiology; high-throughput sequencing technologies; microbial risk assessment of foods
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Listeria monocytogenes is a psychrotrophic and ubiquitous microorganism able to contaminate and grow in a variety of food commodities, producing the foodborne disease, so-called Listeriosis. The capacity to grow at refrigeration temperatures makes the pathogen a primary concern in the cold food chain of Ready-to-Eat (RTE) products. The application of suitable control measures along the food chain to reduce pathogen levels and prevent product recontamination are key to reduce the pathogen incidence. According to European data, Listeriosis cases have increased over the last years, most impacting vulnerable populations such as people over 75 and pregnant women. Aging population is an emerging challenge for health public systems of modern societies and can also be a relevant driver in Listeriosis. Furthermore, current food policies concerning Listeriosis does not appear to be sufficiently effective in reducing the Listeriosis incidence. For instance, the latest European Union One Health 2018 Zoonoses Report showed an increase in 2018 for the number of confirmed Listeriosis, though official samples rarely exceeded the EU food safety limit for ready-to-eat food (100 cfu/g). Therefore, despite the efforts made by governments and industry over the last decades, there is still room for improvement in controlling risk by Listeriosis. The development of new and robust risk management strategies should be underpinned by gaining a deep understanding of the contamination routes and dynamics of L. monocytogenes, its pathogenicity mechanism in conjunction with the host susceptibility as well as evaluating the impact of the interventions and food regulations by suitable predictive tools.
Prof. Dr. Fernando Pérez-Rodriguez
Dr. Araceli Bolívar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Listeriosis Risk
- Dose-Response Models
- Hazard Characterization
- Understanding Listeria Monocytogenes Dynamics
- Predictive Microbiology
- Listeria Monocytogenes Distribution in Foods
- Risk Assessment
- Cross Contamination
- contamination Routes of Listeria Monocytogenes
- Product Shelf-Life
- Food Control
- Risk Management Strategies
- Food Hygiene Practices.
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