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very important food pathogen in the past 20 central nervous system, the heart, the eyes,
years from the standpoint of economic and and may invade the fetus of pregnant women
public health impact. The organism is a and result in abortion, stillbirth, or neonatal
small, short, Gram-positive non-spore- sepsis.
forming rod. It is motile by a characteristic Several well-documented cases of listerio-
tumbling motion or slightly rotating fashion. sis have been reported in Nova Scotia (1981),
Microbial Hazards in Foods: Food-Borne Infections and Intoxications 497
Massachusetts (1983), and the most well- and decontamination of food-preparation
known one involving Mexican-style soft environment will also help reduce risks.
cheese in southern California (1985). Due to Much research has been devoted to the
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