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Tips for monitoring Listeria in food plants include acknowledging that Listeria is a pervasive microorganism that finds harborage in unlikely places.

Science-based harmonization of food safety standards, especially those related to food additives, would have avoided this contamination incident altogether.

A comprehensive Listeria testing program should include both product testing and environmental testing.  

One challenge for the food industry is changeovers from a product containing allergens to a similar product that does not contain allergens.

N60-Trim sampling is recognized as the gold standard sampling procedure for beef trimmings destined for raw ground use across the beef industry.

While sampling and testing for adulterants can fulfill significant objectives in a food safety program, the implications are profound and often painful if not done properly.

Atmospheric plasma offers a number of advantages over existing food safety technologies in meat production facilities.

Contamination and adulteration both may involve the presence of a substance that is not intended to be in a product.

Spiral plating is an ideal tool for both research and quality assurance personnel.

The food industry and government have long been aware of the persistence of Listeria in the environment and in processing plants.