This Risk Profile considers Listeria monocytogenes in RTE salads. This is an update of a Risk Profile “Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat salads” published in 2005 (Lake et al., 2005).

On behalf of Aquaculture New Zealand and MPI

This study developed a method to assess risk to benthic habitats from fishing, using holothurians on the Chatham Rise as a case study. A spatial population distribution layer was developed. This layer and the bottom-contacting trawl footprint were then used in a Bayesian spatial population model to calculate the biomass trajectory and spatially and temporally explicit impact overlap statistics for the taxon. Species susceptibility was either assumed or estimated within the population model.

Changing what we eat is one of the most effective ways to lower our carbon footprint Food production has a significant carbon footprint. Farmed shellfish have the potential to be a low-impact part of our diet. They are nutritionally rich, high in protein, and can be grown without supplementary feeds – taking what they need to develop directly from the water column.