1. What is Listeria?
Hello, I'm Jennifer Ziegler, Jenny for short
I am your trainer for this e-learning. Perhaps we already know each other from other training courses that I conduct.
What is Listeria?
Click the play button to start the video and learn more about the Listeria bacteria group. And why Listeria in food is so dangerous.
Video-Text to read along: Bacteria Training: Listeria
Look, that's a listeria - greatly magnified! It looks pretty nasty, don't you think? Oh, now there are two. Listeria reproduce by doubling.
Unfortunately, listeria are real killer germs when eaten with food. Listeria is particularly dangerous for the following people: young and elderly people, pregnant women and people with pre-existing medical conditions.
Listeria can:
- Cause severe meningitis
- cause organ failure
- In pregnant women: lead to child loss
- Lead to death in many high-risk patients
But how can listeria be in food?
Listeria actually occurs all over the world. In soil, on and in animals, on plants, in the air and also in water. They can enter food companies via objects, food or people. In companies, they can get into food unnoticed.
When you work with food, it's your job to make sure that no listeria can get into the food. I'll show you how to do that and protect other people from listeria!
By the way: There are several types of Listeria. The germ Listeria monocytogenes is dangerous for humans.
origin
Listeria are among the germs that are found almost everywhere in the environment. It's natural.
It is important that we control them in our food.
living conditions
Listeria are real survivors compared to other germs.
Click on the blue dots for more details:
oxygen
Listeria can grow with AND without oxygen.
So also in packaged food.
Even when shielding gas is used.
Food
Listeria grow in food,
too dry for other germs,
are too salty or too acidic.
Examples are raw ham, parmesan, soft cheese.
cold
Listeria grow at -1.5 to 45 °C.
So also in the fridge!
The warmer it is, the faster Listeria grows.
nutrient
Listeria need only a few nutrients.
disinfection
Listeria can become resistant to certain disinfectants.
This is when the disinfectants are not used correctly.
deep freezing
Listeria cannot grow when frozen.
However, the low temperatures do not harm the germs.
If the food is thawed, the germs grow again.
Did you understand everything?
Join us in the next chapter to learn more about why Listeria is a problem in food.
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