date:Jun 10, 2014
most commonly associated with deli meats, to the point that women are discouraged from eating cold cuts while pregnant because of the risk of contracting Listeriosis, which can cause miscarriages and stillbirths.
A full 80 percent of Listeria illnesses linked to deli meat resulted from meat that was sliced at the retail or restaurant location where it was sold, according to Dr. Ernest Julian, chief of the Office of Food Protection at the Rhode Island Department of Health.
In 2010, a Salmonell