Webinar Listeria

“Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious food infections, especially in vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. This bacterium can survive and grow in refrigerated environments and is often found in biofilms, making it a major risk in the food industry. In this webinar, we will take you through the risks and impact of Listeria monocytogenes on the food industry and explain how the various standards are applied. What will be covered? Challenge testing is essential to ensure the safety of food products. During a challenge test, a food product is deliberately contaminated with a known amount of Listeria monocytogenes to see if the bacteria can grow in your product. This helps to determine the standards for Listeria monocytogenes for your products after production. Based on the results, you can adjust your process and prevent Listeria from being present in your product in dangerous quantities. This approach plays a crucial role in safeguarding consumer health and preventing Listeria outbreaks. But what does this mean in practice? When should you perform challenge testing? In this webinar, we will take you through the risks and impact of Listeria monocytogenes on the food industry and explain how the various standards are applied. Using a practical action plan, we will show you how to classify your products into different product groups and what to look for when selecting a worst-case product. We will also discuss the challenge test itself and show you which factors play a role and how to interpret the results of this test. Request the webinar here.