date:May 21, 2015
n (CDC), about 1,600 people in the U.S.get sick from Listeria bacteria each year. It is the third-leading cause of death from food poisoning, but that does not really tell the whole story.
The 30-percent fatality rate experienced in the current outbreak is not unusual. A 2008Listeria outbreak in Canada associated with Maple Leaf cold cuts had a 40-percent fatality rate, and the 2011 Listeria outbreak caused by Colorado cantaloupe nearly matched that.
With the incubation period (the time from exp