RASFF -aflatoxins (Tot. = 49.1 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Germany
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 32; Tot. = 40 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio kernels from Afghanistan, via Turkey in Italy
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 18.8; Tot. = 19.8; B1 = 23.9: Tot. = 26.0 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio nuts from Iran in Belgium
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 25.1; Tot. = 27.9 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted pistachios from Turkey in Belgium
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 11.2; Tot. = 16.4 µg/kg – ppb) in nutmeg from Nigeria in Belgium
Posted in Aflatoxin, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Testing, Moulds, Mycotoxin, RASFF, Recall
Tagged aflatoxins, pistachio kernels, ppb, rasff, Turkey
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 0.35 mg/kg – ppm) in maize from India in Belgium
RASFF -Salmonella enterica in fish meal from Denmark, via Slovakia in the Czech Republic
RASFF -Salmonella kedougou in rapeseed extraction meal from Germany
RASFF-Salmonella Llandoff in soy bean meal from Italy
RASFF-Salmonella in processed animal protein (pork) from Germany in Belgium
RASFF -Salmonella in processed animal proteins from Germany in Belgium
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged fish meal, rasff, salmonella, salmonella enterica, Salmonella kedougou, the Czech Republic RASFF
Last week, the European Union (EU) published a summary report of zoonotic infection data focused primarily on trends since 2005, and the rise or fall of confirmed campylobacteriosis, salmonellosis, listeriosis, and verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (that is what the EU calls Shiga toxin producing E. coli like O157:H7) cases between 2011 and 2012 in the EU. The report is based on European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control analyses of information submitted by 27 European Union Member States on the occurrence of zoonoses and food-borne outbreaks in 2012. Much has been made in the EU of the decreases in rates of salmonellosis. Is the EU faring better than we are? Do they have practices in place that we should learn from? Or are they in the process of catching up to the US?
The fairest way to make a comparison is to look at illness rates: how many people out of 100,000 got sick?
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Illness
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US
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EU
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|---|---|---|
| Campylobacteriosis | 14.3 | 55.5 |
| Salmonellosis | 16.42 | 22.2 |
| Listeriosis | 0.25 | 0.41 |
| Pathogenic E. coli | 1.12 (O157); 1.16 (non O157 STEC) | 1.15(VTECs) |
In September 2013 the Board endorsed a renewed strategic approach to the reduction of Campylobacter in UK chicken. This recognised:that control of Campylobacter should be treated as a core business priority by producers, processors and retailers;the distinct but complementary roles of industry and government;the need to increase the availability of information about Campylobacter levels; and the need to galvanise and accelerate action.
This paper reports on action and progress since September 2013.
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Tagged campylobacter, complementary roles, core business priority, fsa
According to the EFSA Report 2013, 32.7% of outbreaks of foodborne illness registered in Europe occurs within the home, due to inadequate hygienic behaviour of consumers when preparing foods in the kitchen. The efficacy of proper cleaning of cutting boards, dishes and cutlery in limiting microbial cross-contaminations in the kitchen has been documented many times, whereas few researches have been performed to determine the microbial load of the internal walls of domestic refrigerators, in Italy. The aim of this investigation is to ascertain the role played by internal surfaces of home refrigerators as possible sources of microbial contamination of foods.
We analyzed 293 domestic refrigerators of students or workers at the university campus of Agripolis (Legnaro, Italy). For each refrigerator, 2 internal surfaces were sampled using sponge-bags. The amounts of total viable count (TVC), Gram-negative spoiling bacteria, moulds and yeasts and the main pathogenic bacterial species were determined.
TVCs greater than 1 log CFU cm−2 are in a little over 50% of the samples analyzed and are found mainly on the bottom of the refrigerator (61%) compared to the walls (39%) (P < 0.001). Even for other microbial counts the risk ratio of finding them on the bottom of the refrigerator is significantly higher than on the walls; the possibility of there being a finding on the bottom with respect to the walls varies from 2.5 to 8.5 times respectively for moulds and Aeromonas spp. Salmonella spp. was found in 1.7% of the samples, Bacillus cereus in 5.6%, Coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) in 4%, the prevalence of which is always higher on the bottom of the refrigerator. Listeria monocytogenes and Yersinia enterocolitica were never found.
It is necessary to better educate consumers to clean their appliances more frequently.
Posted in Bacillus cereus, Bacteria, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Testing, Hygiene, Illness, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, Microbiology, Pathogen, Research, Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus
Tagged domestic refrigerators, italy, microbial contamination, refrigerator, refrigerators
Food type
Mixed sprouts salad
Product name
Organic Sprouts Salad (Broccoli, Sunflower, and Radish) Energetic Greens
Package description & size
50g plastic punnet
Lucerne Foods is recalling various sandwich products from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.
The following products have been sold in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and may have been sold in other provinces
| Brand Name | Common Name | Size | Code(s) on Product | UPC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Roast Beef Submarine | None | BB MR 11, BB MR 12,BB MR 13,BB MR 14,BB MR 17 | 6 89048 03110 3 |
| None | Meat Lover’s Sandwich | None | BB MR 11, BB MR 12,BB MR 13,BB MR 16,BB MR 17 | 6 89048 03117 9 |
| None | Roast Beef Submarine | None | 4051 | 0 79944 00991 2 |
| None | Roast Beef & Cheddar Sandwich | None | 4051 | 0 79944 00987 5 |
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