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What Is the Problem with L. monocytogenes?

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Listeria monocytogenes in the Food Processing Environment

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L. monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a food-borne disease of particular concern for risk groups including pregnant women, the young, the elderly and the immunocompromised, for all of whom it can be life-threatening.

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