How Concerned Should We Be About Listeria?

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It feels like every week we hear about another food recall due to listeria, with headlines that make the bacteria seem like an ever-present danger lurking in our food supply. The latest news concerns frozen waffles; a manufacturer behind various store brand frozen waffles identified potential listeria contamination during routine testing, and voluntarily recalled some products, despite there being no reported illnesses connected with the foods, per NPR. Earlier this year, an outbreak traced to Boar's Head brand liverwurst loaves at deli counters across 13 states - resulted in 59 . . .

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