It is with great emotion that we learned that Dr Noel Fenech passed away on 12 July 2021.

Head of the Department for Health Regulation of the Public Health Laboratory (Valletta, Malta), he has been the Head of the Maltese National Reference Laboratory for Listeria monocytogenes since March 2017.

All EURL Listeria monocytogenes colleagues present our sincere condolances to his familly and our Maltese colleagues.