Food Safety News (5/16, Flynn) reports that
"multiple tools to find and track Listeria are proving successful, even
though the rare pathogen was responsible last year for the most deadly outbreak
of foodborne illness in decades," according to Dr. Barbara Mahon from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The outbreak caused 146 illnesses
and at least 32 deaths. After the first listeria outbreak in 1985, four
surveillance tools were put in place and have allowed the CDC to identify more
outbreaks.
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