New risk models improve food safety guidelines for pregnant individuals

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260317/New-risk-models-improve-food-safety-guidelines-for-pregnant-individuals.aspx Listeria is the third-leading cause of death among bacterial foodborne pathogens in the U.S. and pregnant individuals bear a disproportionate share of that burden. Yet the scientific models used to set food safety policy have rarely been designed with pregnant people specifically in mind. A new study to be published in Risk Analysis aims to change that.