title: The incidence of Listeria species in retail foods in Japan.
abstract: Meat, fish and vegetable products obtained at retail shops in or around Tokyo were examined for Listeria contamination. Listeria spp. were isolated from 43 (56.6%) out of 76 samples of meat products. L. monocytogenes occurred in 26 (34%) of the samples, L. monocytogenes was isolated from 7 (6.1%) out of 114 samples of fish and fish products including 'ready-to-eat' foods. Listeria was not isolated from any of 21 samples of vegetable and vegetable product including 'ready-to-eat' foods investigated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Research on Food, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Igimi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumagai
mesh_terms: D005396:Fish Products / Q000382:microbiology*; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan; D008087:Listeria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D014675:Vegetables / Q000382:microbiology*