The rapidly expanding Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak has not yet been definitively solved by the FDA or CDC, but there are clues in the latest investigation information. On Friday, September 24, 2021, the CDC said that they found the outbreak strain in a takeout condiment cup that contained cilantro, onion, and lime. Is the Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak connected to onions or lime?
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Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are urging reptile owners who have purchased certain feeder mice for their pets, take extra precautions in order to avoid contracting salmonellosis.
Scientists have again confirmed a link between Salmonella detected in feeder mice distributed across the UK by Monkfield Nutrition, and an outbreak of human cases of Salmonella. Retailers must now legally provide customers buying these feeder mice with an information leaflet about the risks of Salmonella infection, and advise on good practice for handling animal food, and ensuring good hygiene in the home.
The outbreak was first investigated in 2015 and has so far resulted in almost 850 reported human cases, mostly, but not exclusively, in those living in households with one or more pet reptiles. FSS and the FSA advise that the risk to the general public is considered to be very low.
Source: FSS, 20 September 2021
Recall of Aldi
Products: Mill XXL Sea salt with herbs and Mediterranean sea salt.
Problem: Possible presence of salmonella.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Denomination: Moulin XXL Herb sea salt (seasoned salt)
EAN code: 270 1686 2
Brand: Portland
Type of packaging: mill
Expiration dates: 07/2024
Batch codes: 125350
Points of sale: ALDI
Denomination: Mediterranean sea salt – with herbs
EAN code: 27055939
Brand: Grill time!
Type of packaging: glass mill
Expiration dates: 05/2024
Batch codes: 124351
Points of sale: ALDI
NATURE OF THE PROBLEM
Possible presence of salmonella in the ingredient basil.
ALDI has therefore decided, in consultation with the AFSCA, to withdraw this product from the market and to recall it to consumers.
Other ALDI products are not affected by this product recall.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RISK
Possible symptoms of salmonella poisoning are fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea within 12 to 48 hours of consuming the contaminated food. The risk of infection is higher in the elderly, children, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems.
People who have consumed these products and who present this type of symptoms are invited to consult their doctor without delay, notifying him of this consumption.
TIPS FOR CONSUMERS
Please do not consume these products and bring them back to the store.
The returned products will be reimbursed (also without sales receipt).
For any further information, you can contact ALDI via serviceclients@aldi.be .
Recalled Foods , Published: September 27, 2021
What food:
Organic Potato salad with carrots
Net content: 350g
Best before-dates: 9/29/2021 and 6/10/2021
EAN bar code number: 5710871004605
Sold in:
Irma Shops Zealand
Company withdraws:
BY Lantz, Hovedvagtsgade 8.5, 1103 Copenhagen K
Cause:
The company has found gas evolution in some of the packages, which indicates unwanted growth of microorganisms.
Risk: The
evolution of gas and the possible growth of microorganisms make the product unfit for human consumption. Consumer
Advice:
Consumers are advised to return the product to the store where it was purchased or to discard it.
Staphylococcus aureus is an important food pathogen that has the ability to form biofilms. This pathogen has been implicated in foodborne outbreaks associated with the consumption of meat and meat products. Since the role of meat products as reservoirs of antimicrobial resistant S. aureus and biofilm formers has not been studied, this research was conducted to assess the incidence, antimicrobial resistance, and presence of biofilm-forming genes in S. aureus bacteria from meat and meat products. For this purpose, 440 samples of meat and meat products were randomly collected from supermarkets of Shahrekord city, Iran. S. aureus isolates were highlighted and identified through biochemical tests. All S. aureus isolates were profiled for susceptibility to 14 antibiotics and the corresponding resistance genes were searched. The quantification of biofilm formation followed by a screening of biofilm formation encoding genes was done. Of the 440 samples collected, 61 were found to contain S. aureus. The incidence of S. aureus among the beef meat (16/61) was the highest followed by its incidence in sausage (10/61) and lunch meat (9/61). At least one isolate of S. aureus carries one of the following resistance gene blaZ, mecA, tet K, linA, tetM, erm A, ermB, and aac A-D. High distribution of icaA, icaB, icaC, icaD, clfB, and clfA, biofilm formation genes and Enterotoxin encoding genes sea, seb, sec, and sed. The ability of biofilm production and the presence of virulence determinants in the genome of S. aureus can contribute to their pathogenicity. This research demonstrated the roles of meat and meat products as reservoirs of biofilm-forming and antimicrobial-resistant strains of S. aureus. This poses a food safety and public health problem. However, further work needs to be done to better understand the implication of icaABCD biofilm forming genes present in S. aureus from meat and meat products in their resistance.
As of August 28, 31 people have been confirmed infected with Salmonella Coeln. Whole genome sequencing (analysis of the bacterium’s genome) has shown that the disease cases carry the same strain of Salmonella Coeln and are thus suspected of having been infected by a common source of infection. The cases, which are aged 0-85 years (median = 28 years), are resident in twelve different regions in Sweden and 18 (58 percent) of the patients are men. Affected infection control units, municipalities and County Administrative Boards, together with the National Food Administration and the Swedish Public Health Agency, are investigating the outbreak to identify the source of infection that is suspected to be a food with a wide distribution in Sweden.
Figure. Disease curve for outbreak cases with Salmonella Coeln (n = 31), 2021-09-24. For cases marked in purple, information on the date of illness is missing and instead the sampling date has been specified.
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2021-09-27
The party food in Luleå recalls the portion dish Pokébowl – Chicken (art no. 3532) with the best before date 28-09-21.
The reason is that 1 in 5 subtests have detected Listeria Monocytogenes.
After consultation with the National Food Administration, we have decided to withdraw the above batch as security.
| Lot | Dated | |
|---|---|---|
| 2121476014952 | Use-by date 04/17/2022 | |
Recalled Foods , Published: September 27, 2021
What foods:
REMA1000 Tomato ketchup
Net content: 1,000 grams
Best before date: 03/25/2022
Sold in:
REMA1000
Company withdraws:
Scandic Food A / S
Reason:
The company has found gas development in some of the products. Gas evolution is due to unwanted growth of lactic acid bacteria.
Risk:
The unwanted growth of lactic acid bacteria and gas evolution make the product unfit for human consumption.
Advice for consumers: The Danish
Veterinary and Food Administration advises consumers to deliver the product back to the store where it was purchased or to discard it.
