title: Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in foods in Malaysia.
abstract: A total of 234 samples of food, consisting of 158 of raw and 76 samples of ready-to-eat food were examined for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. The frequencies of L. monocytogenes contamination in raw foods were: chicken portions (60%), liver (60%) and gizzard (62%), beef (50%), beansprout (85%), prawns (44%), kupang (dried oysters) (33%), bean cake (25%), satay (48%) and leafy vegetables (22%). Of the ready-to-eat foods: satay (26%), prawns, squids, clams and chicken dishes (22%), cucumber (80%) and peanut sauce (20%) were found to yield L. monocytogenes.
authors: Department of Applied and Environmental Sciences, University of Western Sydney-Hawkesbury, Richmond, N.S.W., Australia.
authors: R K
authors: RK
authors: Arumugaswamy
authors: G R
authors: GR
authors: Ali
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Abd Hamid
mesh_terms: D005516:Food Microbiology; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008296:Malaysia