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Story of Listeria Survivors Highlights Food Safety Issues

By Dave Babcock on September 28, 2009
Posted in Food Poisoning Information

A well written piece in the Washington Post today by Jennifer LaRue Huget details the story of two twins, Luke and Chloe Bennett, who survived a listeria infection at birth.  Listeria is the common name for the pathogenic or disease-causing bacterium known as Listeria monocytogenes. It is a foodborne illness that when ingested causes an infection…

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