date:Jul 28, 2016
on the list for the number of deaths resulting from listeriosis. This is what makesListeriathe nasty organism that it is: It kills significant percentages of the people who get sick from it, much more so than the other foodborne illness-causing organisms. The vast majority of foods recalled forListeriaare refrigerated RTE foods.
In January 2001, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft risk assessment that ex