How to Use listeria in a Sentence

listeria

noun

• Over six months of testing, listeria was found in about 70 percent of the stores, the study found.
  — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2019
• The human toll:His dad died from listeria tied to Boar’s Head meat.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
• The agency called it the largest listeria outbreak since one linked to cantaloupe in 2011.
  — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
• So far, most of the work has largely focused on one germ, listeria.
  — Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• The epitome of that is the 2017 Aunt Jemima frozen food recall, when listeria was found in the plant.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 17 June 2018
• Boar's Head shuttered the Virginia plant linked to a listeria outbreak and the deaths of nine people.
  — Karri Peifer, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
• This is not the first time Dole has been connected to a listeria outbreak.
  — Serena Coady, SELF, 4 Feb. 2022
• In 2015, three deaths linked to a listeria outbreak in Blue Bell ice cream led to a full product recall.
  — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 9 July 2019
• The ice cream was linked to 10 listeria cases in four states and resulted in three deaths in Kansas.
  — Jazmin Goodwin, CNN, 21 Oct. 2020
• This is not the first time Dole has recalled some of its products over listeria concerns.
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• The symptoms of listeria include fever, muscle aches, headaches and loss of balance, and can take 1 to 4 weeks to appear.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• This map shows the 19 states affected by listeria outbreak tied to Boar's Head deli meat.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
• The listeria was found in the ice cream machines, which were improperly cleaned.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023
• Shelf-stable foods, such as canned tuna, sardines and salmon, will not increase the risk of listeria.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Nov. 2022
• Rash of outbreaks Costco salmon is the latest in a string of food items to to be recalled recently over listeria risks.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024
• Bacteria such as listeria thrive in moisture, the FDA says.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
• Blue Bell ice cream was linked to 10 listeria cases in four states, including three deaths in Kansas.
  — Shannon Liao, CNN, 2 May 2020
• Pregnant people are about 10 times more likely to become sick from listeria, and the illness can be fatal to the fetus.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
• That box of ice cream bars in your fridge might be contaminated with listeria.
  — Emily Price, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2018
• Romaine lettuce has been linked to recent outbreaks of E. coli and listeria.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022
• Sliced deli meats served at Dion’s restaurants have been recalled over listeria concerns.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2017
• And yes, cooking food properly (to 165° F) does kill listeria.
  — Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 21 Nov. 2023
• In July, Boar’s Head recalled more than 7 million pounds of deli meat over listeria concerns.
  — Randi Richardson, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
• Pregnant people are about 10 times more likely to become sick from listeria, and the illness can be fatal to a fetus.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
• However, listeria outbreaks have been linked to cantaloupe, celery, ice cream, leafy greens such as spinach, soft cheeses and sprouts, the agency said.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
• There's Alice, a goat who came to them in June and was paralyzed by a severe listeria infection.
  — Mike Argento, chicagotribune.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• Boar’s Head is closing one of its plants following a listeria outbreak.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
• Fruit recall: Several types of fresh cut fruit sold at Walmart stores in nine states are being recalled for listeria risk.
  — Alex Connor, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020
• In March 2020, a listeria outbreak led to the deaths of four people was linked to enoki mushrooms contaminated with the bacteria.
  — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
• Friday's report also included a review of FSIS's own practices and procedures to prevent the spread of listeria, including ways to enhance its regulatory and sampling approach to the illness.
  — Clare Marie Schneider, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 21 Feb 2025