A Victorian catering company at the centre of a listeriosis scare can reopen its doors weeks after the health department forced its shut down.
Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton revoked the order against the Dandenong South business I Cook Foods on Thursday, satisfied changes had been made to food handling processes.
Two days earlier, the company launched legal action against the state government, arguing the closure in February was premature and unjust in the wake of the scare.
Samples from the company's kitchen had been linked to a strain of the disease which contributed to the death of an elderly woman in a Melbourne hospital.
Dr Sutton will ask Greater Dandenong Council to increase its food safety assessments at the site and roll-out a food and environmental sampling plan.
