Summary of Methods in the Compendium of Analytical Methods for Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes

Health products and food branch - Ottawa

Method Summary
March 2012

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Microbiological Methods Committee
Microbiology Evaluation Division
Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate,
Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada
Postal Locator: 2204E
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9

E-mail: micro_methods_committee@hc-sc.gc.ca

Method Summary

Method Type	Identification Number of Method and Supplements	Title
Isolation and Identification	MFHPB-07	The isolation of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria spp. from foods and environmental samples using Palcam broth
	MFHPB-30	Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria spp. from foods and environmental samples
Enumeration	MFLP-11	Enumeration of Listeria species in environmental samples using 3MJ PetrifilmJ Environmental Listeria Plates
	MFLP-74	Enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes in Food
Immunological	MFHPB-29	Detection of Listeria spp. in Foods and Environmental Samples by the VIDAS Listeria™ Method
	MFLP-33	Detection of Listeria monocytogenes  in Foods and Environmental Samples by the VIDAS LMO 2™ Method
	MFLP- 34	Detection of Listeria spp. in Foods and Environmental Samples by the VIP Method
	MFLP-71	Detection of Listeria spp. in foods and environmental samples using the Oxoid Listeria Rapid Test (The Clearview Kit)
	MFLP-77	Detection of Listeria spp. in food products and environmental samples by the VIDAS® Listeria species Xpress (LSX) method
Genetic-Based	MFLP-13	The Genequence Listeria spp. assay for the detection of Listeria spp. in foods and environmental surfaces
	MFLP-14	The Genequence Listeria monocytogenes assay for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes in foods
	MFLP-15	The detection of Listeria speciesfrom environmental surfaces using the Dupont Qualicon BAX® System method and direct plating
	MFLP-28	The Qualicon BAX® SYSTEM Method for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes in a variety of food
	MFLP-31	Identification of Listeria monocytogenes using the Adiafood Rapid Pathogen Detection System, a Real-Time PCR Technique
	MFLP-39	Detection of Listeria spp. from environmental surfaces using iQ-CheckTM Listeria spp. Real-Time PCR Test Kit
	MFLP-78	Identification of presumptive positive Listeria monocytogenes from foods and environmental samples by the Polymerase Chain Reaction
	MFLP-88	Identification of Listeria monocytogenes by Accuprobe™

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