Researchers have looked at the types of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from food and people during a 10-year period in Chile.
Results of tests show Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from 2008 to 2017 in the
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Magrudis owner and son provisionally released in Spain
The owner of a Spanish company linked to a large Listeria outbreak this past summer and his son have been provisionally released from custody.
The judge of a court in Seville agreed to the conditional
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Amount of food-attributed Listeria cases rising but still low
The proportion of Listeria infections where a food source is identified is very small but increasing, according to researchers who looked at a 30-year period in England and Wales.
Between 1981 and 2015, there were
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French authorities link Listeria infections to cheese company
Ten people have been infected with Listeria monocytogenes in France linked to eating cheese from one company.
Authorities in Cantal, in the Auvergne region of France, ordered the business, Ferme de Gioux, to temporarily close
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Listeria outbreak survivor tells how illness changed perspective on life
A woman who was hospitalized for two months in the Listeria outbreak in South Africa has shared how illness changed her perspective on life.
Beulah Rhode (Roberts) started experiencing flu-like symptoms and felt constantly fatigued
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‘It ruined my life’, says woman infected by Listeria in South African outbreak
A South African woman who was temporarily paralyzed after being diagnosed with listeriosis has described how she doesn’t recognize the person staring back in the mirror.
Petra Bischoff was admitted to the hospital in May
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Listeria outbreak took toll on family, says victim’s daughter
The daughter of a woman affected by the listeriosis outbreak in South Africa has told how the illness has taken a toll on the family and her mother.
Elizabeth Matthee, 73, fell ill in January
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Listeria increase in Europe is worrying, says ECDC
More than 2,500 confirmed cases of Listeria and 220 deaths were reported in Europe in 2017, according to a new report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Hungary tries to prevent repeat of Listeria outbreak
A system in Hungary to prevent a repeat of the deadly Listeria outbreak traced to a frozen vegetable factory in the country in 2018 is working well, according to those involved.
The Hungarian Deep Freezing
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Tiger Brands CEO to retire; replacement identified
The chief executive officer of Tiger Brands is to leave the role beginning at the end of this month.
Lawrence MacDougall will retire from the company effective Jan. 31, having reached the firm’s mandatory retirement
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Experts reflect on Spain’s Listeria outbreak
Nearly 700 professionals met in Seville this past week to talk about Spain’s largest ever Listeria outbreak, which occurred in 2019.
The Minister of Health and Families, Jesús Aguirre, opened the International Symposium on the
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