Romper writes about listeria, misses some context

Romper, a site targeting new moms (from the same folks who run Bustle) deconstructs recent listeria events and sorta misses stuff, but there are some gems for the nerds:

Listeria is a wild bacteria

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As opposed to the domestic ones.

it’s possible that a listeria contamination happened before the veggies were frozen, hence that “voluntary recall” qualifier for companies.hqdefault

Huh?

Want to ensure listeria doesn’t live…refrigerate.

Uh no. Not quite

If you feel icky about bacteria, forget about what your grandma said and toss that pasta. If not, go for it. Just microwave them at least.

Probably not the best cooking source because of the uneven heat.

At least they got this correct:

Different kinds of food are processed, cleaned, and distributed in many places.

Yep.

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Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.