Listeria

You can get a listeria infection from eating contaminated food. The listeria bacteria are found in nature and in some foods. Listeria is not a new bacteria but it' s only over the last ten years that it's been widely recognised that the bacteria can be transmitted through food. While listeria infection is uncommon and causes few or no symptoms in healthy people, it can be very dangerous.

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Listeria Risk Assessment and Risk Management Strategy

FSANZ  (formerly ANZFA)  is coordinating a Listeria risk assessment management strategy project.   The aim is to provide regulators, industry and consumers with a comprehensive and transparent strategy, which identifies the general principles to minimise risk to Australian and New Zealand consumers of a foodborne Listeria infection.   The strategy development will take into account a number of national and international initiatives in the management of Listeria.  [ more..] 

Listeria Recall Guidelines for Packaged Ready-to-eat food  [  html   | pdf  format 67kb ]

These Recall Guidelines for Packaged Ready-to-eat foods found to contain L. monocytogenes have been developed in response to the need for a national approach for determining when ready-to-eat packaged products available for sale at retail level have an unacceptable level of contamination and should be recalled.

Listeria and Food: Advice for people at risk ( brochure)   [ pdf 85 kb]

Listeria and food: Commonly asked questions 

This publication provides additional information to the advice contained in the FSANZ pamphlet ‘Listeria and food – advice for people at risk’.   The pamphlet and additional information have been prepared to help reduce the risk of listeriosis resulting from the consumption of contaminated food. [ more.. ]