Listeria: Understanding its Dangers to Food

Listeria: Understanding its Dangers to Food - Zosi Learning

English (EN-US), Spanish (ES-MX), Francais (FR-CA)

Listeria is a family that includes six types of bacteria that are found everywhere in nature. One type in particular, Listeria Monocytogenes, can cause serious problems if it gets into food. This course explains the dangers of Listeria contamination in ready-to-eat food, and how to help prevent it from forming a bio-film or collecting in a growth niche.

Learning Objectives

Identify some basic properties of Listeria.
Understand why Listeria poses a serious danger to public health.
Understand that Listeria can spread and form biofilms, or collect in growth niches.
Understand that good hygiene can help prevent the spread of Listeria.
Describe how to help prevent Listeria through careful observation of a facility.