How to Use listeria in a Sentence

listeria

noun
  • Does listeria go away on its own?
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Why are listeria outbreaks so hard to track?
    — Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Which states have seen listeria cases so far?
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • So far, most of the work has largely focused on one germ, listeria.
    — Mike Stobbe, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • What are the symptoms of listeria?
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Again, listeria can survive in the fridge and can spread between surfaces and food.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Over six months of testing, listeria was found in about 70 percent of the stores, the study found.
    — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • How did listeria get into these products?
    — Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This is not the first time Dole has been connected to a listeria outbreak.
    — Serena Coady, SELF, 4 Feb. 2022
  • That box of ice cream bars in your fridge might be contaminated with listeria.
    — Emily Price, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2018
  • This is not the first time Dole has recalled some of its products over listeria concerns.
    — Korin Miller, Health.com, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The listeria was found in the ice cream machines, which were improperly cleaned.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Many people are aware that listeria isn’t as well known as salmonella.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Sliced deli meats served at Dion’s restaurants have been recalled over listeria concerns.
    — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2017
  • Frozen blueberries were recalled due to listeria risk.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Fresh peaches are the latest grocery item to be recalled over listeria concerns.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Most people who get listeria have to deal with fever, stomachaches, nausea and diarrhea.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Last week, its pasta samples came back positive for listeria.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Newborns and people over 65 are most likely to get the worst of listeria’s affects.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Boar’s Head is closing one of its plants following a listeria outbreak.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The agency called it the largest listeria outbreak since one linked to cantaloupe in 2011.
    — Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024
  • What are the symptoms of listeria poisoning?
    — James Powel, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • What are the symptoms of listeria poisoning?
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • What are the symptoms of listeria poisoning?
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • What are the symptoms of listeria infection?
    — Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
  • What are the symptoms of listeria poisoning?
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Soft cheese has been identified as the source of a deadly listeria outbreak that has killed one and sickened eight others across three states.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 June 2026
  • The ice cream was linked to 10 listeria cases in four states and resulted in three deaths in Kansas.
    — Jazmin Goodwin, CNN, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Boar's Head shuttered the Virginia plant linked to a listeria outbreak and the deaths of nine people.
    — Karri Peifer, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Monday’s alert threw listeria into the infections ferried by raw milk.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025

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