Occurrence of Listeria and Escherichia coli in frozen fruit and vegetables collected from retail and catering premises in England 2018-2019.

This study indicates that L. monocytogenes was present in 10% of frozen vegetables and even though products are generally not ready-to-eat and are intended to be cooked prior to consumption, these have the potential to cause illness. Clear cooking and handling instructions are therefore required on these products to ensure that the health of consumers is not put at risk, and appropriate Good Manufacturing Practice measures should be followed by all fruit and vegetable freezing plants in order to reduce contamination with Listeria during processing. PMID: 32906080 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Food Microbiology - Category: Food Science Authors: Tags: Int J Food Microbiol Source Type: research