PMID- 8760954
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19960925
LR  - 20190516
IS  - 0950-2688 (Print)
IS  - 0950-2688 (Linking)
VI  - 117
IP  - 1
DP  - 1996 Aug
TI  - Occurrence of Listeria species in prepacked retail sandwiches.
PG  - 89-93
AB  - A survey of 725 prepacked sandwiches was conducted examining for the presence on 
      enrichment, and by plate count, of Listeria species. Sandwiches were found to 
      contain Listeria sp. more frequently than their component foods. Chicken, beef 
      and bacon fillings were associated with more frequent isolation. Salad also was 
      associated with more frequent isolation, but the increase was not significant. On 
      enrichment, over 15% of sandwiches contained Listeria species. L. innocua and L. 
      monocytogenes were the only species isolated by plate count at numbers > or = 100 
      cfu/g (1.5% of total samples). Potentially hazardous levels of L. monocytogenes 
      (defined as > or = 10(3) cfu/g) were found in two sandwiches examined (0.3%), 
      indicating that although Total Viable Counts (TVCs) may often be high, the risk 
      of listeriosis to vulnerable individuals from sandwiches is relatively low. It is 
      important to distinguish the risk of consuming potentially hazardous levels of a 
      pathogen in food from the risk of contracting illness as a result of such an 
      event.
FAU - Wilson, I G
AU  - Wilson IG
AD  - Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Bacteriology Department, Belfast City 
      Hospital, UK.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Epidemiol Infect
JT  - Epidemiology and infection
JID - 8703737
SB  - IM
MH  - Eggs/microbiology
MH  - *Food Microbiology
MH  - Food Packaging
MH  - Listeria/*isolation & purification
MH  - Listeria monocytogenes/isolation & purification
MH  - Meat/microbiology
MH  - Retrospective Studies
PMC - PMC2271682
EDAT- 1996/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/08/01 00:01
PMCR- 1997/08/01
CRDT- 1996/08/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/08/01 00:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1997/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1017/s0950268800001163 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Epidemiol Infect. 1996 Aug;117(1):89-93. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800001163.