Monthly Archives: April 2014

UK – FSA Recall – The Engine Shed Recalls Various Batches of their Vacuum-Packed Organic Tofu Due to a Potential Risk of Botulism

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Various batches of vacuum-packed Organic Tofu have been produced with inadequate controlling factors to prevent the growth and toxin production of Clostridium botulinum. This may cause a serious form of food poisoning called botulism. A recall from customers is being carried out as a precautionary measure.

List of recalled products
Product name Size Use by date
Organic Plain Tofu 300g 31/03/14 until 23/05/14
Organic Plain Tofu 1kg 31/03/14 until 23/05/14
Organic Smoked Tofu 250g 31/03/14 until 23/05/14
Organic Tofu Burgers 250g 31/03/14 until 23/05/14

If you have purchased any of the above products before Friday 25 April 2014, please do not consume these products. Instead, return the product to the store where you it purchased from. Any of the above products purchased on or after Friday 25 April 2014 which have both a use-by date and a new batch code (beginning with 000001) are safe to consume as per instructions on the back of the packaging.

No other products are known to be affected.

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxins – Hazel Nuts – Norovirus – Clams – Listeria monocytogenes – Smoked Salmon

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RASFF -Aflatoxins (Tot. = 16.1 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Turkey in France

RASFF-Norovirus (presence) in frozen raw clams (Meretrix lyrata) from Vietnam in Spain

RASFF -Listeria monocytogenes (present /25g) in smoked salmon from Poland, with raw material from Norway in the Netherlands

RASFF Alerts – E.coli – STEC – Sheep Meat – E.coli – Mussels – Clams

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RASFF -Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (present) in frozen sheep’s (Ovis aries) meat from New Zealand in Italy

RASFF – Too high count of Escherichia coli (330 MPN/100g) in chilled mussels (Mytilus edulis) from Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, processed in the Netherlands

RASFF – Too high count of Escherichia coli (16000 MPN/100g) in chilled clams (Tapes semidecussatus) from Italy in Italy

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Black Fungus – Turkey – Wild Boar Fat – Organic Sultanas – Poultry – Milk Powder – Sesame Seeds

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RASFF -Salmonella Ball (present /25g) and Salmonella spp. (present /25g) in dried black fungus from Vietnam in Finland

RASFF – Salmonella Hadar (presence /25g) in frozen spiced turkey half breast fillet from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF -Salmonella (present /25g) in organic sultanas from Turkey in the UK

RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen wild boar fat from Spain in Finland

RASFF -Salmonella enteritidis (presence /25g) in frozen and chilled poultry meat and meat products processed in Poland, with raw material from Slovakia in Poland

RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence) in skimmed milk powder from Poland, via the Netherlands in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella typhimurium in frozen turkey shoulders from Italy in France

RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen salted chicken fillets from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF-Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen chicken fillets (Gallus domesticus) from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen salted chicken half breasts from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF -Salmonella Mbandaka (presence /25g) in hulled sesame seeds (Sesamum spp.) from India in Lithuania

 

RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Meat Meal – Corn Gluten – Soya Meal – Pork Processed Protiens – Aves – Rapeseed

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RASFF -Salmonella Mbandaka (in 1 out of 10 samples /25g) in meat meal from the Netherlands in Sweden

RASFF -Salmonella Rissen (in 7 out of 10 samples /25g) in corn gluten meal from Austria, via the Netherlands in Sweden

RASFF-Salmonella Senftenberg (presence /25g) in soya meal from Brazil, via the Netherlands in Belgium

RASFF-Salmonella spp. (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in processed animal proteins (pork) from France in Belgium

RASFF -Salmonella spp. (in 2 out of 5 samples /25g) in processed animal proteins (aves) from the Netherlands in Belgium

RASFF – Salmonella infantis (in 1 out of 10 samples /25g) in rapeseed expeller from Denmark in Sweden

USA – Hepatits A – Tea

Food Poisoning Journal

The Marion County Public Health Department announces that visitors to an Indianapolis business during three Saturdays in April may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.

Anyone who visited and drank tea prepared at the Teavana store, 8702 Keystone Crossing, on Saturdays, April 5, 12 and 19 should watch for signs and symptoms of Hepatitis A. The public is advised to watch for signs and symptoms of Hepatitis A and contact a health care provider immediately if any symptoms are present.

Australia – University of Queensland – Salmonella Outbreak

Sydney Morning Herald Salmonella

A Salmonella outbreak at a university college ended in several students being hospitalised earlier this month.

Students at the University of Queensland’s Cromwell College began showing signs of sickness on the night of April 6 and four students were admitted to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital later that week.

Fifty-six students displayed symptoms and 17 tested positive for Salmonella PCR.

USA – Recall – Tyler Mountain Water – E.coli

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Dept. of Environmental Protection

DEP is warning consumers that Tyler Mountain water, bottled on April 17, 2014, and April 18, 2014, in three, four and five gallon sizes should not be used and consumers should contact Aqua Filter Fresh at 1-800-864-8957 for further instructions.

Only those customers that recently received a new delivery of water from Aqua Filter Fresh need to be concerned about this recall.

Aqua Filter Fresh, a company that produces Tyler Mountain water, is in the process of replacing all suspect water. People with severely compromised immune systems, infants, and some elderly may be at increased risk. If you have specific health concerns, you should consult your doctor.

Presences of E. coli bacteria indicate that the water may be contaminated with human or animal wastes. Microbes in these wastes can cause diarrhea, cramps, nausea, headaches, or other symptoms. They may pose a special health risk for infants, young children, some of the elderly and people with severely compromised immune systems.

If you experience any of these symptoms and they persist, you may want to seek medical advice. People at increased risk should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers.

General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by microbes are available from EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

 

Research Articles – Listeria – Salmonella – Radiation

Ingenta Connect

Listeria monocytogenes Transfer during Mechanical Dicing of Celery and Growth during Subsequent Storage

Barfblog

Responding to bioterror concerns by increasing milk pasteurization temperature would increase estimated annual deaths from listeriosis

WP Politics

Efforts to zap bacteria in food are slow to catch hold

Ingenta Connect

Salmonella Internalization in Mung Bean Sprouts and Pre- and Postharvest Intervention Methods in a Hydroponic System

 

Belgium – Butter Recall – Listeria monocytogenes

HACCP Europa

Ferme Grodent is recalling farm butter (Beurre de Ferme) because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The recalled product is farm butter (Beurre de Ferme) with Expiry date : 28/04/2014 and lot number: 280414, The product was on sale from 24 March to 18 April 2014