Working Group
Listeria Working Group
Terms of reference and membership of the Listeria Working Group
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To delve deeper into the specific issues surrounding Listeria strain variability and to develop specific recommendations for how strain-specific information can best be incorporated into future risk assessments and technical advice produced by FSA Science & Evidence teams for use to inform policy decisions.
Terms of Reference
- To carry out a risk assessment of Listeria within food facilities to inform risk mitigation.
- To produce a report on Listeria strain variability considering how this can affect food transmissibility, persistence in the environment and current control strategies using sequence data.
- To recommend future research priority that will be of interest to PATH-SAFE consortium or research that may benefit the food industries and promoted through the Food Safety Research Network.
Membership
Chair
Dr Gauri Godbole
Members
Dr Matthew Gilmour
Prof Cath Rees
Prof Francis Butler
Dr Edward Fox
Departmental Representatives
Dr Anthony Wilson (FSA)
Dr Karen Pearson (FSS)
Dr Clare Barker (UKHSA)