Listeria in Seafoods: A Review
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Food Protection
- Vol. 55 (12) , 1009-1015
- https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-55.12.1009
Abstract
Listeria is an environmental contaminant which has been isolated from marine and fresh waters, as well as various seafoods. Furthermore, Listeria, including Listeria monocytogenes, has been isolated from processed seafood products such as smoked fish, cooked and frozen seafoods, marinated fish, surimi products, etc. The pathogen, L. monocytogenes, does have a certain degree of heat resistance. It was found to survive in internally infected shrimp after boiled for up to 5 min. However, the commercial pasteurization process for crab meat was found to be sufficient to inactivate Listeria. The current recovery methodology for L. monocytogenes from seafoods is the Food and Drug Administration Listeria protocol.Keywords
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