Andrea J Etter, Susan R Hammons, Sherry Roof, Courtenay Simmons, Tongyu Wu, Peter W Cook, Alex Katubig, Matthew J Stasiewicz, Emily Wright, Steven Warchocki, Jill Hollingworth, Hilary S Thesmar, Salam A Ibrahim, Martin Wiedmann, Haley F Oliver
In a recent longitudinal surveillance study in 30 U.S. retail delicatessens, 9.7% of environmental surfaces were positive for Listeria monocytogenes, and we found substantial evidence of persistence. In this study, we aimed to reduce the prevalence and persistence of L. monocytogenes in the retail deli environment by developing and implementing practical and feasible intervention strategies (i.e., sanitation standard operating procedures; SSOPs). These SSOPs were standardized across the 30 delis enrolled in this study...
October 20, 2017: Journal of Food Protection