WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Vital Signs report on listeria offers the latest evidence of the significant progress that the meat and poultry industry has made in reducing the dangerous pathogen Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products, said Dr. Betsy Booren, chief scientist for the American Meat Industry Foundation.
Federally regulated plants have not needed to recall ready-to-eat meat and poultry products due to a listeriosis outbreak since 2003, reconfirming that current manufacturing practices produce safe meat and poultry products, Booren pointed out.
The processed meat and poultry. . .
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