Controlling Listeria monocytogenes and changes to EU legislation
This webinar will cover the latest data relating to infection rates, key methods of control and changes to the EU Regulation.
Location
OnlineTime
1pm-
Date
Mon 29 Jun 2026
About the event
This webinar will cover the latest data relating to infection rates, key methods of control, changes to the EU Regulation and the implications in the context of established best practice, trade and compliance issues.
What is Listeria?
Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) can cause the infection Listeriosis when contaminated food is eaten. Symptoms can be mild for many people, but severe symptoms or even fatalities are possible from the invasive form of this infection.
What is the new EU listeria legislation?
EU Regulation 2073/2005 sets microbiological criteria for a range of organisms and foodstuffs, including for Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods. Changes to this Regulation will soon be implemented that will affect the penalty for not having an appropriate shelf-life basis for many ready-to-eat foods supporting the growth of Lm in EU Member States or jurisdictions applying EU Law (eg Northern Ireland). A new good practice guide for food business operators is available from the Chilled Food Association that is supported by the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland.
Speakers
Professor Lisa Ackerley
Chair
Lisa is a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner and h…
Professor Lisa Ackerley
Chair
Lisa is a Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner and has worked in the public and private sectors, academia, and as an expert witness. For over 30 years she has been an independent hygiene and safety adviser, providing expert input on hygiene and safety issues.
As Director of Public Health and Hygiene Engagement at Reckitt, she developed a risk-based approach to hygiene at large events, including COP26, and the Commonwealth Games. Lisa is Chair of the RSPH Food Special Interest Group and Trustee and Scientific Adviser to the International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene.
Lisa is Chair of the Technical Advisory Board of Food Alert and Chair of the Board of the Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute.
Karin Goodburn MBE
Speaker
Karin Goodburn specialises in chilled food science, microbi…
Karin Goodburn MBE
Speaker
Karin Goodburn specialises in chilled food science, microbiology, technology and regulatory affairs, as DG of the Chilled Food Association and a consultant, advising government on policy, safety and supply chain issues, providing technical guidance to manufacturers and representing industry in the UK and around the world. She has overseen development of numerous industry and other guidelines and standards from farm to fork with regulators, industry and researchers, and works with the EU/EC, UN FAO/WHO, GFSI/CGF, UK Government, its agencies, European federations and food professional FAMI organisations’ steering groups.
Karin established and chairs the Industry Listeria Group, the Food & Biocides Industry Group and SPS Certification WG, each comprising 20-30 trade and professional organisations. She is involved in the negotiation, interpretation and implementation of European law including the Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs Regulation 2073/2005, being one of the authors of a range of industry guidance thereon, and an enforcer trainer particularly on high-risk foods.