On July 13, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported a recent investigation of a listeria outbreak. The incident began when Big Olaf Creamery in Florida was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes during the production of its ice cream, and the company recalled all of its ice cream after the incident.
The incident caused cases of listeria infection in several states. A total of 23 people have been infected, including 22 hospitalizations and one death.
In fact, there have been many outbreaks of listeria in recent years, but these are often treated as diarrhea and thus the outbreaks haven’t attracted much attention. Listeria is, in fact, not a small matter. It has a high mortality rate, and its high pathogenicity also raises an important question….