ON NON-SPECIFIC PREVENTION OF LISTERIOSIS
Summary - To date, the number of cases of food-related infections has been increasing, and new forms of the disease occur. The relevance of the research into various aspects of emerging infections for example listeriosis, the pathogen of which, Listeria monocytogenes, is considered to be one of the indicators of food product hazard, does not admit of doubt. The paper summarises and systematises literature about non-specific prevention of listeriosis. The findings are of special scientific importance due to lacking specific prevention and considerable prevalence rate of this disease in population groups characterised by increased susceptibility (children, elderly persons, people suffering from disorders in the immune system and microbial ecology of the digestive tract).