Journal of Food Protection 86 eng application/pdf 570342 bytes Lakićević, Brankica info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Clonal complexes Genetic markers Outbreak investigation Source tracking Surveillance WGS Listeria monocytogenes has been implicated in numerous outbreaks and related deaths of listeriosis. In food production, L. monocytogenes occurs in raw food material and above all, through postprocessing contamination. The use of next‐generation sequencing technologies such as whole‐genome sequencing (WGS) facilitates foodborne outbreak investigations, pathogen source tracking and tracing geographic distributions of different clonal complexes, routine microbiological/epidemiological surveillance of listeriosis, and quantitative microbial risk assessment. WGS can also be used to predict various genetic traits related to virulence, stress, or antimicrobial resistance, which can be of great benefit for improving food safety management as well as public health. https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:1533 doi:10.1016/j.jpf.2022.10.002 2023 Elsevier Wholegenome sequencing as the gold standard approach for control of Listeria monocytogenes in the food chain