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Listeria and the not-so-healthy salad lunch

December 25, 2009 by admin  
Filed under women's health

A recent food poisoning outbreak highlights the risk of consuming ready-to-eat foods, particularly for pregnant women.

Last month, a seemingly healthy chicken wrap was outed by Queensland health officials as the culprit behind an outbreak of listerosis – a very rare, but potentially deadly type of food poisoning.
The health officers noticed something was amiss in late [...]