Listeria monocytogenes has been posing multiple challenges to the food industry due to its survival and persistence on food processing sites. A study was conducted to evaluate the interaction of produce coating waxes with L. monocytogenes. The effect of the waxes on L. monocytogenes was dependent on several variables. The wax with no inhibitory effect had protective effect on one L. monocytogenes isolate over the other when coated on peaches at 4 ℃ over 10 days. Further, L. monocytogenes isolates were compared with P. aeruginosa (PA) for their ability to non-reversibly attach (NRA) and produce exopolymeric substances (EPS). L. monocytogenes had better NRA than PA in 1: 10 TSB and water at 4 ℃ but no EPS was produced by the isolates. At 25 ℃ in 1: 10 TSB, LMD and LMC were able to form higher EPS than PA whereas it was vice versa in TSB. These results indicate that proper sanitation in the food processing environments to L. monocytogenes harborage.