title: Incidence and significance of Listeria in fish and fish products from Latin America.
abstract: The incidence and importance of Listeria spp. in fish and fishery products in Latin American countries is reviewed. There are very few papers dealing with this subject, however it is known that Listeria can be an important problem even for fisheries of tropical countries. The importance of GMP and HACCP implementation is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Experimental Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil. mtdestro@usp.br
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Destro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000592:standards*; D005396:Fish Products / Q000382:microbiology*; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D015994:Incidence; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008087:Listeria / Q000302:isolation & purification*