24 Jun 2024
Listeria course in collaboration with Wageningen Academy
Do you want to know more about the dangers of listeria and how to prevent infection? Then register for our Listeria course: a course from science and practice. Pregnant women and people with impaired immune systems are particularly at risk of this food infection caused by listeria bacteria.
In this course, you will learn all about risk management, sampling, sequencing and kinship analysis. This will allow you to quickly and specifically start working on a solution when infection occurs. Relevant practical examples are also discussed, so that you can apply the knowledge you have gained immediately.
Organiser: Wageningen Academy
Date: Wed 29 Oct 2025 to Thu 30 Oct 2025
Length: 2 days
Location: Wageningen Campus
Price: € 1,495.00
Why follow this course?
After attending this course, you will know all the ins & outs of Listeria monocytogenes. You will also be able to conduct your own study. In addition, you will know more about the use of data, different types of analysis and targeted food sampling. You will know what measures can be taken to make the risk of contamination manageable.
Is this course for you?
Are you working as a quality manager, food safety specialist, microbiologist, researcher or professional in the food industry? Then this course is right for you. The programme covers topics such as risk management, food safety, product quality, research and product development.
Programme & topics
The Listeria course was developed by Wageningen Academy in collaboration with Normec Foodcare, the knowledge partner in food safety. During this course, you will have the opportunity to interact with different specialists. The topics are:
Characteristics and legislation: In this topic, we look at the characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes and the legislation surrounding food safety and dealing with foodborne infections.
Modelling and model fit: Here we zoom in on modelling growth of Listeria monocytogenes. But also how these models are made fit for use in practice.
Listeria studies: We look at the various studies on Listeria monocytogenes. We also look for example at the effects of food processing on the growth of the bacteria.
Challenge tests: During this session, we examine the effects of different temperatures and pH values on the growth of the bacteria.
Other topics to be covered include: the societal perspective, data and analysis and sequencing.
Practical information
The price for this course is €1495 per person. This includes materials, online learning, lunch, dinner coffee/tea/water and a closing networking drink. We welcome a maximum of 35 participants for this workshop. On the basis of attendance, you will receive a certificate afterwards.
Special offer for customers of Normec Foodcare
As a customer of Normec Foodcare, you will receive a discount of €150 on the course price. To take advantage of this discount, please mention the code NORMEC-LIS-2024 in the comments on the registration form. We will then process the discount for you.