In order to monitor the foods contaminated by Listeria Pirie in Hubei Province,561 food\|samples of 6 kinds from several cities in the province was inspected by the national standard examination method and API Listeria biochemical reaction plates.The results showed that the detection rate of Listeria was 4 1%,almost concentrated in raw and cooked meat.The detection rate for these two kinds of meat was 11 4% and 6 7% respectively.Among the identified Listeria ,26 1% of them was Listeria monocytogenes Pirie .