1. Regulations and Policies - Federal Register Publications & Related Documents - Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products (Jun 6, 2003)
   Docket No. 97-013F | PDF
   Related Documents
2. Updated Compliance Guidelines to Control Listeria monocytogenes in Post-Lethality Exposed Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products
   LM_Rule_Compliance_Guidelines_May_2006.pdf
3. Assessing the Effectiveness of the “Listeria monocytogenes ” Interim Final Rule Summary Report
   http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Oppde/rdad/frpubs/97-013F/LM_Assessment_Report_2004.pdf
4.  Procedures for the Evaluation of Establishment Control Programs for Listeria monocytogenes (Validation Checklist)
   http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/LM_checklist_guidelines.pdf
5. Risk Assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in Deli Meat (May 2003)
   Executive Summary (PDF Only)
   Report (PDF Only; 1.5MB)
   Model ( WinZip compressed file containing multiple files and instructions; 3.4MB)
   Response to Peer Review Comments (PDF Only)
   Response to Public Comments (PDF Only)
   FSIS Response to Supplemental Public Comments (PDF Only)
6. Comments on the 2003 FSIS Listeria Risk Assessment
   http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Lm_Deli_Risk_Asssess_Public_Comments_2003.pdf
7.  Review of FSIS Risk Assessment for Listeria in deli meats (September 2005)
   http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/Comments/03-005N/03-005N-17.pdf
8. FSIS Regulations and Policies: Compliance Assistance- Compliance Guides Index
   http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Compliance_Guides_Index/
9. HACCP and Pathogen Reduction: Pathogen Reduction & HACCP Guidance Documents
   http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/PR_&_HACCP_Guidance/index.asp
10. National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods-Considerations for Establishing Safety-Based Consume by Date Labels for Refrigerated Ready to Eat Foods- Aug. 2004
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ophs/nacmcf/2004/NACMCF_Safety-based_Dat...
11. Small and very small plant outreach: Workshop - Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat
    Meat and Poultry Products
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Workshop_SmallPlants_Lm/
12. Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Plants - Sept. 2001
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/NIS/Outreach/Docs/Listeria.pdf
13. Outreach: Small and Very Small Plants
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/NIS/Outreach/Outreach.htm
14. Compliance Assistance: Food Safety Technologies Applicable for Small and Very Small Plants - FY 2003
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Technologies...
15. Compliance Assistance: Food Safety Technologies Applicable for Small and Very Small Plants - FY 2004
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Regulations_&_Policies/Technologies...
16. "Guidelines for Developing Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Environmental Sampling/Testing Recommendations (ESTRs) – Ready to Eat Products," coordinated by National Meats Association, April 1999.
    [http://www.nmaonline.org/files/guifinal.pdf
17. USDA-FSIS Fact Sheets
    (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fact_sheets/Foodborne_Illness_&_Disease_Fact_Sheets)
    Includes:Listeria monocytogenes
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fact_sheets/listeria_monocytogenes/index.asp
    Listeriosis and Food Safety Tips
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fact_sheets/Listeriosis_and_Food_Safety_Tips/i
    PDF | En Español | En Español PDFListeriosis and Pregnancy: What is Your Risk?
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fact_sheets/Listeriosis_and_Pregnancy_What_is_Your_Risk/
    PDF | En Español | En Español PDF
    Protect Your Bably and Yourself from Listeriosis
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fact_sheets/Protect_Your_Baby/
    PDF | En Español | En Español PDF
    FSIS Fact Sheets: Safe Food Handling- Food Safety for Persons with AIDS
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Food_Safety_for_Persons_with_AIDS/
    FSIS Rule Designed to Reduce Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-to-Eat Meat & Poultry
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/FSIS_Rule_Designed_to_Reduce_Listeria/
18. USDA-FSIS Microbiology Laboratory guidebook
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Microbiological_Lab_Guidebook/index.asp
19. The FSIS Microbiological Testing Program for Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Meat and Poultry Products, 1990–2005
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Science/Micro_Testing_RTE/
20. FSIS Recalls
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/index.asp
21. USDA, FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
    http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodborne/

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (http://www.fda.gov/default.htm)

1. Quantitative Assessment of Relative Risk to Public Health from Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes Among Selected Categories of Ready-to-Eat Foods
   http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/forum04/www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/lmr2-toc.html
2. Reducing the Risk of Listeria monocytogenes - FDA/CDC 2003 Update of the Listeria Action Plan
   http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/lmr2plan.html
3. Current FDA Activities Related to the Listeria monocytogenes Action Plan
   http://www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/lmr2pla2.html
4. Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook - The "Bad Bug" Book
   http://www.foodsafety.gov/~mow/intro.html
5. Detection and Enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes in foods (Bacteriological Analytical Manual Online - Chapter 10)
   http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~ebam/bam-10.html
6. Serodiagnosis of Listeria monocytogenes Bacteriological Analytical Manual Online - Chapter 11)
   http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~ebam/bam-11.html
7. Foodborne Illness
   http://www.foodsafety.gov/~mow/foodborn.html
8. Food Safety for Moms-to-Be - While You’re Pregnant: Listeria Frequently Asked Questions
   http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~pregnant/whillist.html
9. FDA Consumer Magazine: Preventing Listeria contamination in foods
   http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2004/104_bac.html
10. Listeriosis and Pregnancy: What is your Risk?
    http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/f02liste.html
11. Preventing Foodborne Listeriosis (1992)
    http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/FSISLIST.html
12. Unwelcome Dinner Guest: Preventing Foodborne Illness
    http://www.fda.gov/fdac/reprints/dinguest.html
13. Unwelcome Dinner Guest: Organisms that can Bug you
    http://www.fda.gov/fdac/reprints/unwelcom.html
14. How to Handle Refrigerated Ready-to-Eat Foods and Avoid Listeriosis
    http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fs01rtef.html

1. FoodNet Surveillance: Pathogens and Conditions http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/surveillance_pages/pathogens_conditions.htm
2. Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly through Food --- 10 States, United States, 2005 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5514a2.htm
   [PDF Version]
3. Foodborne Outbreak Response and Surveillance Unit: Information for Patients
   http://www.cdc.gov/foodborneoutbreaks/pat_info.htm
4. Standardized Protocol For Molecular Subtyping of Listeria monocytogenes by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE)
   http://www.cdc.gov/pulsenet/protocols/pulsenet_listeria_protocol%20.pdf
5. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 4th Edition
   http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/biosfty/bmbl4/bmbl4toc.htm
6. Attention Pregnant Women: What You Can Do To Keep Germs From Harming You and Your Baby
   http://www.cdc.gov/groupbstrep/docs/What-you-can-do-English-2000.pdf
7. Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illness: A Primer for Health CareProfessionals
   http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/cme.htm
8. Foodborne diseases, pathogens and toxins
   http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/disease.htm

AMI Foundation (http://www.amif.org/index.htm)

1. AMI Foundation Facts and Figures
   http://www.amif.org/FactsandFigures/AMIFFactsandFigures.htm
2. AMI Foundation Research
   http://www.amif.org/AMIFResearch/AMIFResearch.htm
3. AMI Foundation Listeria Literature Review-Survey of the Various Techniques Used in Listeria Interventions
   http://www.amif.org/AMIFResearch/AMIFResearch-completedprojects.htm#

Other

1. Colorado State University Cooperative Extension: SafeFood Rapid Response Network
   http://www.colostate.edu/Orgs/safefood/
2. The Ohio State/Washington State University/Colorado State University: Food Safety for High Risk Individuals - A Continuing Education Course for Health Professionals
   http://hec.osu.edu/highriskfoodsafety/index.php
3. The Ohio State/Washington State University/Colorado State University: Food Safety for High Risk Individuals: A Continuing Education Course for Health Professionals - Educational Resources
   http://hec.osu.edu/highriskfoodsafety/resources.php
4. North Carolina State University: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
   http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/foodsci/agentinfo/org/list.html