0 a bacterium that causes food poisoning, found especially in cheese and other products made from milk --
Listeria is widely distributed in the environment and some exposure to this organism is unavoidable.
Raw food might contain listeria or salmonella which would be destroyed on cooking.
I am aware of the claims made on television last week about the effect of irradiation upon listeria in poultry meat.
I fully appreciate that there have been food problems such as listeria.
We are not aware of any evidence of a problem with listeria contaminated food imports requiring special steps.
The proposed temperature controls are intended to minimise the opportunity for growth of pathogenic microorganisms such as listeria and salmonella.
This means that serious infectious diseases such as salmonella, listeria and even tuberculosis, would be exempt from this regulation.
It is extraordinary that after salmonella and listeria there is no contingency planning in the department to deal with a food scare of this nature.
