Is Listeria, and How to Make Sure

Is what Listeria? Well, it's a type of bacteria with the full name of Listeria monocytogenes. Every year in the United States alone, this germ sickens 1,600 people (causing an illness called listeriosis) and kills 260 more, often from just a handful.
Are responsible for a million illnesses in the U.S. each year, including 19,000 hospitalizations and 380 death.
Is not as common as Salmonella by any means [but] there's typically a graver outcome," says John Linville, DVM, a food safety expert and adjunct associate professor at the College of health Public.
 Dangerous in older adults, anybody who has a weakened immune system (say from HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, or after an organ transplant) and, particularly, pregnant women, because the bacteria can trigger miscarriages. "The mother themselves may have only mild flu-like symptoms.