New Zealand-Scoop Health News-Listeria Investigation Update

Listeria Investigation Update The Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) has recommended that further production of ready-to-eat products stops pending full sanitisation of the plant at Leonard’s Superior Smallgoods Ltd. Leonard’s is cooperating with ARPHS’s advice, and has ceased production of these products and agreed to clean and disinfect to standards agreed by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA).

ARPHS has made this recommendation as a result of further positive listeria tests in ready-to-eat samples and in swabs from the factory environment at Leonard’s premises. This product has not been released to the market…more..