{"id":18718,"date":"2019-09-28T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T18:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/?p=18718"},"modified":"2020-03-06T17:25:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:25:56","slug":"dangers-if-listeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/food-safety-news\/dangers-if-listeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangers of Listeria"},"content":{"rendered":"
Listeria monocytogenes<\/em> (Listeri<\/em>a) is a harmful foodborne bacteria found in ready-to-eat and unpasteurized (raw) milk and milk products – and can cause invasive severe human illness (listeriosis) in susceptible people.<\/p>\n For most healthy people, the infection doesn\u2019t pose much of a threat, but for some people (pregnant women, newborns, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems), the infection can be serious or even life-threatening, particularly pregnant women and their unborn babies.<\/p>\n It\u2019s rare for people in other groups to get sick with Listeria<\/em> infection. Listeriosis is the serious infection caused by Listeria.<\/em><\/p>\n Unlike most bacteria, Listeria <\/em>survive and multiply at lower (refrigerator) temperatures – which allows it to reach levels high enough to cause illness. Although freezing will prevent Listeria<\/em> bacteria from growing, it does not kill the bacteria<\/p>\n Ready-To-Eat foods are pre-packaged foods for ease of consumption. Products designated as convenience or ready-to-eat foods are often prepared food that can be sold as hot, ready-to-eat dishes; as room-temperature, shelf-stable products; or as refrigerated or frozen products that require minimal preparation (typically just heating).<\/p>\n Ready-to-eat foods have a high risk of causing foodborne illness. Some examples of ready-to-eat foods include:<\/p>\n Raw milk, i.e., unpasteurized milk, can harbor dangerous microorganisms that can pose serious health risk.<\/p>\n Raw milk is milk from cows, sheep, or goats can contain harmful bacteria such as Salmonella, E. coli<\/em>, and Listeria<\/em>.<\/p>\n Pasteurization is the process that kills harmful bacteria by heating milk to a specific temperature for a set period of time.<\/p>\n Listeria <\/em>infections are dangerous to people with weakened immune systems (such as transplant patients and individuals with HIV\/AIDS, cancer, and diabetes), children, older adults, and pregnant women.<\/p>\n Some people with Listeria <\/em>infections, most commonly adults 65 years and older and people with weakened immune systems, develop severe infections of the bloodstream (causing sepsis) or brain (causing meningitis or encephalitis).<\/p>\n Listeria<\/em> infections can sometimes affect other parts of the body, including bones, joints, and sites in the chest and abdomen.<\/p>\n The Dangers of Listeria and Pregnant Women Listeriosis can cause a variety of symptoms, depending on the person and the part of the body affected. Listeria<\/em> can cause fever and diarrhea similar to other foodborne germs, but this type of Listeria<\/em> infection is rarely diagnosed. Symptoms in people with invasive listeriosis, meaning the bacteria has spread beyond the gut, depend on whether the person is pregnant.<\/p>\n People with invasive listeriosis usually report symptoms starting 1 to 4 weeks after eating food contaminated with Listeria<\/em>; some people have reported symptoms starting as late as 70 days after exposure or as early as the same day of exposure.<\/p>\n There are three very simple things you can do to help prevent illness from Listeria<\/i>:<\/p>\n 1. Chill at the Right Temperature 2. Use Ready-to-Eat Foods Quickly! 3. Keep the Refrigerator Clean <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Listeria is a harmful foodborne bacteria found in ready-to-eat and unpasteurized (raw) milk and milk products – and can cause invasive severe human illness (listeriosis) in susceptible people.<\/p>\n Unlike most bacteria, Listeria survive and multiply at lower (refrigerator) temperatures – which allows it to reach levels high enough to cause illness.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pregnant women run a serious risk of becoming ill from the bacteria Listeria – which can cause miscarriage, or create illness, or death, of the newborn baby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1106,1321,1326],"tags":[1353,1354],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18718"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19266,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18718\/revisions\/19266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\t\t
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Ready-To-Eat (RTE) Foods<\/h3>\n
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Raw Milk and Milk Products<\/h3>\n
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Groups More Vulnerable to Listeria<\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>Pregnant women run a serious risk of becoming ill from the bacteria Listeria.<\/em> If a woman is pregnant, Listeria<\/em> can can cause miscarriage, or illness, or death of the newborn baby – even if the mother doesn’t feel sick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
What are the symptoms of listeriosis?<\/h3>\n
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How to Reduce Your Risk from Listeria<\/i><\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>The right temperatures slow the growth of Listeria<\/i>. Put a refrigerator thermometer in the refrigerator and adjust the refrigerator temperature control, if necessary. Put a second thermometer in the freezer. Your refrigerator should register at 40\u00b0F (4\u00b0C) or below and your freezer at 0\u00b0F (-18\u00b0C).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Use ready-to-eat, refrigerated foods by the Use By date on the package. The longer they\u2019re stored in the refrigerator, the more chance Listeria<\/i> has to grow.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Clean your refrigerator regularly. Wipe up spills immediately. This is particularly important, so Listeria<\/i> doesn\u2019t have a place to grow and then spread to other foods. Clean the inside walls and shelves with hot water and a mild liquid dishwashing detergent, rinse, then dry with a clean cloth or paper towel.<\/p>\n\t\t
References<\/h3>\n
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\nhttps:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/listeria\/index.html<\/a><\/li>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.fda.gov\/animal-veterinary\/animal-health-literacy\/get-facts-about-listeria<\/a><\/li>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.webmd.com\/food-recipes\/food-poisoning\/what-is-listeria#1<\/a><\/li>\n
\nhttp:\/\/fda.gov\/Food\/FoodborneIllnessContaminants\/PeopleAtRisk\/ucm312704.htm<\/a><\/li>\n
\nhttp:\/\/health.ny.gov\/diseases\/communicable\/listeriosis\/fact_sheet.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n