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In product testing for Listeria in the Ready-to-eat food industry, is some Listeria safe for human consumption?
How relevent is the question, if a ready-to-eat product contains cheese?

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The solution discusses if some Listeria in the ready-to-eat food industry is safe for human consumption.

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The genus Listeria includes other species such as Listeria ivanovii, Listeria seeligeri, Listeria innocua and Listeria welshimeri, apart from Listeria monocytogenes. L. monocytogenes causes both human and animal disease, while L. ivanovii is chiefly associated with disease (specifically abortions) in sheep. Human infections by this organism is found to be extremely rare (Cummins et al., 1994; Wesley, 1999).

In product testing for Listeria in the Ready-to-eat food industry, the species of Listeria that are safe for human consumption are Listeria seeligeri, Listeria innocua and Listeria welshimeri as they are nonpathogenic and nonhemolytic. Listeria seeligeri ...

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