10 years of organizing L. monocytogenes enumeration proficiency testing in food matrices at the Belgian national reference laboratory.

Last updated on 17-12-2024 by Marie Polet

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L. monocytogenes causes listeriosis, a severe disease that showed the highest hospitalization rate and the highest case fatality in Europe in 2022 as well as its highest number of food-poisoning ever reported (EFSA One Health report 2022). Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2073/2005 sets down food safety criteria for enumeration of L. monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods. In 2009, the Belgian food competent authority – the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) – has designated Sciensano as national reference laboratory (NRL) for L. monocytogenes. One of the NRL’s task is…

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