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A Listeriosis Case Associated with Ice Cream Consumption in China in 2019
Xiaoyuan Zhang1, Yanlin Niu1, Yuzhu Liu1
1Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnostic and Traceability Technologies for Food Poisoning, Institute for Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Beijing, China.
Abstract:
During the 2019 Chinese National Microbiological Food Safety Surveillance program, Listeria monocytogenes was detected in ice cream samples produced by Manufacturer A. By comparing the sequences of isolates derived from the ice cream with those of isolates derived from humans, we identified one human-derived isolate that was genetically indistinguishable from one ice cream-derived isolates. The patient was hospitalized with listeriosis in Beijing, China in March 2019. Food history obtained from the patient indicated that he had consumed ice cream produced by Manufacturer A during the 30-day period before the onset of illness. No cases of listeriosis were detected after the ice cream produced by Manufacturer A was removed from the shelves. Overall, this report presents the first case of L. monocytogenes infection associated with ice cream in China.
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