Listeria subgroup terms of reference
Published 24 December 2024
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1. Role
To delve deeper into the specific issues surrounding Listeria strain variability and to develop specific recommendations for how strain-specific information can best be incorporated into future risk assessments and technical advice produced by Food Standards Agency (FSA) Science & Evidence teams for use to inform policy decisions.
2. Terms of Reference
- To carry out a risk assessment of Listeria within food facilities to inform risk mitigation.
- To produce a report on Listeria strain variability considering how this can affect food transmissibility, persistence in the environment and current control strategies using sequence data.
- To recommend future research priority that will be of interest to Pathogen Surveillance in Agriculture, Food and Environment (PATH-SAFE) consortium or research that may benefit the food industries and promoted through the Food Safety Research Network.