Precut Prepackaged Lettuce: a Risk for Listeriosis?

Overview

Journal Foodborne Pathog Dis

Specialties Microbiology
Nutritional Sciences
Parasitology

Date 2008 Oct 14

PMID 18847382

Citations 7

Authors

Irene B Hanning

Michael G Johnson

Steven C Ricke

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Abstract

The most recent outbreaks of listeriosis have been traced back to contaminated ready-to-eat (RTE) poultry and meat products. However, Listeria monocytogenes can be isolated from every food group, including fresh vegetables. This review is focused on one of the most popular RTE vegetable products, precut prepackaged lettuce. The available literature concerning Listeria contamination of vegetables is reviewed, and possible reasons why no recent outbreaks or sporadic cases of listeriosis due to contaminated precut prepackaged lettuce are explored.

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