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At present, there is very little known about<jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic>contamination in ready-to-eat (RTE) processing plants in China. In this study,<jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic>in an RTE meat processing plant in Shanghai municipality was characterized using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and whole genome sequencing (WGS). Furthermore, the biofilm formation ability of the pathogen was also tested. Results revealed that<jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic>isolates were present in 12 samples out of the 48 samples investigated. Most of them (66.7%, 8\/12) were identified from the processing facilities irrespective of observed hygiene levels of aerobic plate count (APC) and coliforms. Coliforms were present in only one processing area. ST5 (1\/2b) isolates were predominant (83.3%, 10\/12) and were identified in two dominant pulsotypes (PTs) (three in PT3 and seven in PT4, respectively). Results of the core-genome multi-locus sequence typing (cgMLST) showed that ST5 in three PTs (PT1, PT3, and PT4) had 0\u20138 alleles, which confirmed that clonal transmission occurred in the RTE meat processing facilities. In addition, the biofilm formation test confirmed that the isolates from the processing facilities could form biofilms, which helped them colonize and facilitate persistence in the environment. These results indicated that common sanitation procedures regularly applied in the processing environment were efficient but not sufficient to remove<jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic>isolates, especially biofilm of<jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic>. Furthermore, the ST5 isolates in this study exhibited 12 alleles with one ST5 clinical isolate, which contributes to the understanding of the potential pathogenic risk that<jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic>in RTE meat processing equipment posed to consumers. Therefore, strong hygienic measures, especially sanitation procedures for biofilms eradication, should be implemented to ensure the safety of raw materials. 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