Monthly Archives: November 2016

RASFF – too high count of Enterobacteriaceae (420 CFU/g) in dog chews from China in the UK

RASFF – high count of Enterobacteriaceae (3,6; 240; 43; 1100; >1100 MPN/g) in fishmeal from Cape Verde in Portugal

RASFF -Salmonella (presence /25g) in soy bean meal from the Netherlands in Sweden

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in meat meal from Spain in Italy

Barf Blog

Il Messaggero reports the ordeal for the victim began one evening in late August when Mrs. Anna C. decided to put on the table one of the three packages of olives purchased a month earlier in a supermarket. The husband shortly feels the onset of illness, and Mrs C. has severe pain in the belly.

Within a day and a half the couple rush to the closest hospital. The prognosis in the emergency room is clear: “Food poisoning from botulism.” The first investigations focus on the olives. The woman appears in serious condition. The doctors noted in the medical record that this is a case of “sepsis staphylococcal pneumonia with pleural effusion.” She is transfered to an immediate resuscitation room. The husband is held for five days for foodborne botulism, recovers and is discharged.

Cambridge News

South Cambridgeshire District Council has asked for help from the public in their in investigation

People affected by a suspected food poisoning outbreak following a village fireworks display at the weekend are being asked to get in contact with the council.

South Cambridgeshire District Council is investigating an outbreak of suspected food poisoning following the Histon and Impington Fireworks Extravaganza on Saturday night.

Herald Goa

Leicester Mercury

Food Safety News

Thousands of public school students, as well as hospital patients, may have been served fresh cucumbers that are under recall because of potential Salmonella contamination.

“Prime Time Produce has issued a voluntary product recall for certain lots of cucumbers, delivered to multiple locations in Bakersfield, due to potential salmonella contamination,” according to a notice posted Monday by the Kern County Public Health Services Department in California.

A grower-distributor based in Coachella, CA, Prime Time Produce did not have any information about a cucumber recall on its website as of 11 p.m. EST Monday. Nor did the California Department of Public Health or the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 9.2; Tot. = 10.0 µg/kg – ppb) in chilli peppers from India in the UK

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 7,8 µg/kg – ppb) in crushed chilli from India in the UK

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 51.9; Tot. = 58.3 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted salted pistachios manufactured in Slovakia, with raw material from Iran in the Czech Republic

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 7.8 µg/kg – ppb) in seasoning mix for korma meat preparation from Pakistan in Ireland

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 73; Tot. = 83 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled groundnuts from the United States in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 13; Tot. = 14.1 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled groundnuts from the United States in the Netherlands

FDA 

ISB Food Group, LLC of Los Angeles, California is recalling Nancy’s Fancy Butterscotch Budino Gelato and Nancy’s Fancy Peanut Butter with Crunchy Peanuts Gelato with expiration dates of March 18, 2017, because they were produced in a co-packing facility that has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

Nancy’s Fancy Butterscotch Budino Gelato and Nancy’s Fancy Peanut Butter with Crunchy Peanuts Gelato with expiration dates of March 18, 2017, were distributed from March to October 2016 in California, Oregon and Texas.

The product is in plastic pint-sized containers with the Nancy’s Fancy brand name, Butterscotch Budino flavor and Peanut Butter with Crunchy Peanuts flavor, specifically stamped on the bottom with the expiration date of March 18, 2017.

No illnesses have been reported to date, and no Nancy’s Fancy product has been found to be contaminated.

The recall is the result of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finding samples positive for Listeria monocytogenes in the facility of the contract manufacturer, Dr. Bob’s of Upland, LLC, and in finished product of an unrelated company’s brand that was manufactured at the Dr. Bob’s facility, leading the contract manufacturer to recall all ice cream products produced this year at its facility.   The continuous production line at Dr. Bob’s that tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes was used to produce Nancy’s Fancy Butterscotch Budino and Peanut Butter with Crunchy Peanuts flavors in March of 2016.  ISB Food Group has only used the Dr. Bob’s facility for co-packing once in 2016, in March, and will not produce in the Dr. Bob’s facility going forward.

Consumers who have purchased Nancy’s Fancy Butterscotch Budino flavor or Nancy’s Fancy Peanut Butter with Crunchy Peanuts flavor with expiration dates of March 18, 2017 are urged to contact us for a full refund or any questions at (818) 405-0022, extension 103, Monday through Friday, 7:00 am Pacific Time to 3:00 pm Pacific Time.

CFIA

Ottawa, November 9, 2016 – Hinty’s is recalling Black Bean and Yam Chili from the marketplace because it may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.