Listeria Video & Booklet Available in English and Spanish:

The Department of Food Science at Pennsylvania State University is pleased to announce the availability of a video and accompanying booklet entitled “Control of Listeria monocytogenes in small meat and poultry establishments.”

Sample Video English - 3 minutes
(RealMedia, 1.9 MB)

Sample Video Spanish - 3 minutes
(RealMedia, 1.9 MB)

This 26-minute video and 24-page booklet address a variety of issues facing meat processors, who must meet revised regulations concerning Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meats. The topics covered in the video and booklet include personal hygiene, sanitation, biofilms, cross contamination, in-plant sampling, and microbiological testing.

If you are an educator interested in purchasing the video, please contact Dr. Catherine Cutter directly. Meat processors should contact American Association of Meat Processors (www.aamp.com) for a copy of the materials. Spanish versions of both items will be available early Spring 2003.

For more information concerning the video or booklet, please contact

Dr. Catherine Cutter
Food Safety Extension Specialist-Muscle Foods
Department of Food Science
Penn State University
phone (814-865-8862)
email cnc3@psu.edu.