Managing the risk of Listeria monocytogenes in health services

The Chief Health Officer of Victoria, Professor Charles Guest, and the Food Safety Unit at the Department of Health held a professional development workshop via webinar in August 2016. The workshop was designed specifically for health service employees who are responsible for managing the risk of Listeria monocytogenes to ensure safe food is served to patients.

This fact sheet is a summary of the workshop and provides information on:

• Listeria monocytogenes
• cleaning and sanitising
• your food safety program
• case studies about changing the food safety program and requirements under the Victorian Food Act (1984)
• controlling the risk of Listeria monocytogenes
• environmental monitoring for Listeria monocytogenes.

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