Food Safety Management Systems, Certified Food Protection Managers, and Compliance with Food Safety Practices Associated with the Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Foods at Restaurants.

HIGHLIGHTS: Proper cold holding and date marking practices help control Lm growth in foods. Most restaurants had ≥1 instance of improper cold holding. Less than 50% of all cold holding observations were found to be out of compliance. Restaurants in areas requiring date marking of food were more likely to date mark. CFPM did not predict out-of-compliance observations when FSMS effects were considered.