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
• 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
• Boar’s Head will close the Virginia plant that produced deli meat products tied to a deadly listeria outbreak, the company said on Friday.
  — Cnn Com Wire Service, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2024
• Ten people have become ill, 10 have been hospitalized and one person has died across eight states in the listeria outbreak.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 21 Dec. 2021
• This recall follows a recent string of listeria outbreaks, including a late July recall issued for more than 7.2 million pounds of Boar’s Head deli meats.
  — Sam Tupper, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
• At the same time, Detwiler says advances in testing technologies like whole genome sequencing mean overseers may be getting better at detecting signs of listeria earlier, which in turn, results in more recalls.
  — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024