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Listeria - It's Big Chicken All Over Again
We now think of listeria as a pathogen that is primarily associated with food. Many outbreaks have been traced to food like milk, cheese and deli meats. But the link between listeria and contaminated foods was only made in 1983 after an outbreak of listeriosis among pregnant people and infants. This particular outbreak was linked to coleslaw that had been contaminated by sheep manure containing listeria. And later on, I'm going to pick back up on some of these foodborne outbreaks of Listeria and lessons learned.