The requirement was established principally to address the growth of LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES, which is a bacteria that has the capacity to continue growing even at refrigerated temperatures. The date marking procedure was put in place in order to make sure that the affected foods are discarded before the bacteria can initiate food borne illness.
The umbilical region, in the anatomists' abdominal pelvic nine-region scheme, is the area surrounding the umbilicus and it is placed approximately on middle of distance between xiphoid process and pubic symphysis (navel).
