New Risk Models Improve Food Safety Guidelines for Pregnant Individuals

New risk models improve food safety guidelines for pregnant individuals

Listeria is the third-leading cause of death among bacterial foodborne pathogens in the U.S. and pregnant individuals bear a disproportionate share of that burden.

New study fills research gap in food safety to better protect pregnant people from Listeria

Listeria is the third-leading cause of death among bacterial foodborne pathogens in the U.S. and pregnant individuals bear a disproportionate share of that burden. Yet the scientific models used to set food safety policy have rarely been designed with pregnant people specifically in mind. A new study to be published in Risk Analysis aims to change that.

New Study Advances Food Safety Research to Enhance Listeria Protection for

Listeria monocytogenes stands as a formidable public health challenge, especially among vulnerable populations such as pregnant individuals. As the third-leading cause of death linked to bacterial foodborne pathogens in the United States, Listeria claims a particularly severe toll during pregnancy. Despite this, prevailing food safety policies have generally relied on models that do not account for the unique physiological susceptibilities of pr…