Biofilms: A Lifestyle Choice for Listeria Monocytogenes

The microbial safety of food has always played the main role in any food processing environment worthy of its name. Currently taking center stage is the pathogen that needs no introduction, Listeria monocytogenes. Described as the world’s worst outbreak, in 2017 and 2018, consumption of a Listeria contaminated ready-to-eat meat product resulted in the deaths of 216 people and sickened more than 1,000 South Africans. Its looming and gloomy presence in the South African food chain has now br…