Listeria Hazard Identification

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Huss, H.H.; Ababouch, L.; Gram, L.	Assessment and Management of Seafood Safety and Quality Report on risk assessment and management issues associated with seafood. Includes discussion of world seafood production and consumption, food safety systems, hazard identification and characterization, and risk management strategies such as HACCP, FSOs, microbiological criteria, traceability, and more. Appendices include "Assessment of Food Safety Programmes," "Hazard Analysis Worksheet," "HACCP Plan Form," and "Generic HACCP Plan for the Production and Processing of Oysters". (more) Publication Year: 2003	Nov 18, 2004
	European Food Safety Authority	The Community Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic Agents and Antimicrobial Resistance in the European Union in 2004 Report on zoonotic agents and zoonoses in the EU in 2004. Includes data on levels of agents in foods and foodborne outbreaks and on antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella, Campylobacter, and E. coli. (more) Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2006 Publication Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2005	Jan 9, 2006
	Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Draft FSIS Microbiological Hazard Identification Guide for Meat and Poultry Components of Products Produced by Very Small Plants Guide on microbiological hazard identification for very small plant operators that was developed in consultation with the Meat and Poultry Subcommittee of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods. It includes descriptions of pathogens of concern, guidance tables on the hazards in various process categories for products, and more. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999	Jun 18, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook: The "Bad Bug Book" Handbook with information on foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins, including information on the associated disease, associated foods, target populations, outbreaks, and more. Appendices include "Infective dose," "Epidemiology summary table," "Factors affecting microbial growth in foods," "Foodborne Disease Outbreaks, United States 1988-1992," and "Additional Foodborne Disease Outbreak Articles and Databases". (more) Publication Month: January 1992	Aug 31, 2001
	Buchanan, Robert and Roland Lindqvist	Hazard Identification and Hazard Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Foods Preliminary report prepared for the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Microbiological Hazards in Foods, Rome, Italy, July 17-21, 2000. It presents a quantitative analysis of health effects associated with L. monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods, and examines dose-response relationships. (more) Publication Date: Friday, July 21, 2000	May 15, 2002
	Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Listeriosis Overview of listeriosis. Includes symptoms, risk, exposure pathways, prevention, treatment, incidence, risk groups, surveillance, and more. (more)	Jul 17, 2002
	Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited	Microbial Pathogen Data Sheets Fact sheets on foodborne pathogens. Sections include "The Organism/Toxin," "Growth and Its Control," "The Illness," "Sources," "Outbreaks and Incidents," "Adequate Processing Guidelines," and others. Fact sheets may be available for Bacillus cereus, Campylobacter, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, Cryptosporidium parvum, enteric viruses, E. coli O157:H7, non-O157 STEC, Giardia intestinalis, hepatitis A virus, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium bovis, Norwalk-like viruses, Salmonella Typhi, non-typhoid Salmonellae, scombroid poisoning, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Toxoplasma gondii, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, and Yersinia enterocolitica. (more)	Sep 7, 2004
	Dey, B.P., Ed.	Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook "The Guidebook contains current protocols for analytical tests required by FSIS regulatory activities on meat, poultry and egg products. Specifically, microbiological methods are presented for sample preparation, isolation and identification of the major foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and their toxins, meat tissue species identification, and the detection of extraneous materials and antimicrobial residues. Media and reagent formulations, and Most Probable Number Tables are contained in an appendix". (more) Publication Year: 1998	Aug 8, 2002
		Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food --- 10 Sites, United States, 2004 This article discusses 2004 surveillance data for Campylobacter, E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, Yersinia, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Comparisons are made for data from 1996-2004. (more) Publication Date: Friday, April 15, 2005	Apr 18, 2005
	Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Microbiological Hazards in Foods This report of the Consultation which was held in Rome, Italy on July 17-21, 2000 includes information about hazard identification, hazard characterization, and exposure assessment of Salmonella in broilers and eggs and Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2000	May 15, 2002

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