Monthly Archives: May 2017

RASFF – histamine (1544 mg/kg – ppm) in frozen yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) from Spain in Italy

RASFF – norovirus (1 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen raspberries from Poland

RASFF – ketchup sauce from Turkey infested with yeasts in Denmark

RASFF -high count of Escherichia coli (2320 CFU/g) in fresh coriander from Thailand in Norway

RASFF – food poisoning suspected to be caused by thawed vacuum-packed tuna (Thunnus albacares) from Spain in Italy

RASFF – hepatitis A virus in live clams from Portugal, packaged in Spain in France

RASFF – Salmonella (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen salted half chicken breasts from Brazil in the UK

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Norwich (presence /25g), Salmonella enterica ser. Tilburg (presence /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Yarrabah (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (presence /25g) in frozen half chicken breasts from Brazil, via the Netherlands in the Czech Republic

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen salted half chicken breasts from Brazil, dispatched from the Netherlands in the Czech Republic

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen prepared turkey breasts from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen salted chicken half breast fillets from Brazil, via Hungary in Croatia

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen prepared turkey from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Infantis (presence /25g) in chilled chicken breats from Hungary, via Austria in Italy

RASFF-Salmonella (O:7 /25g) in frozen salted chicken half breasts from Brazil in Germany

RASFF-Salmonella (O:6,8 /25g) in frozen salted chicken breast halves from Brazil in Germany

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen chicken legs from Poland in Croatia

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

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Minnesota (1 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen salted chicken breast fillets from Brazil in Germany

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Heidelberg (presence /25g) in frozen salted chicken breast from Brazil, via the Netherlands in the Czech Republic

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Heidelberg in frozen salted skinless chicken breast from Brazil in Germany

RASFF – too high count of Enterobacteriaceae (446 CFU/g) in dog chews from China in Sweden

Food Poisoning Journal

CDC collaborated with public health and regulatory officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections (listeriosis). Listeria causes a serious, life-threatening illness.

Listeria specimens from ill people were collected from September 1, 2016 to March 13, 2017. Ill people ranged in age from less than one year to 89 years, with a median age of 52 years. Five of eight ill people were female. All eight (100%) ill people were hospitalized, including two people from Connecticut and Vermont who died. One of the illnesses was reported in a newborn.

Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicated that soft raw milk cheese made by Vulto Creamery of Walton, New York, was the likely source of this outbreak.

Daily Mirror

A holiday giant has hired a team of undercover detectives in a bid to crack down on food poisoning scams on all-inclusive holidays to Spain, the Mirror can reveal.

The drastic move by online travel firm Jet2holidays follows reports rogue “ambulance chasers” are luring Brits into making false claims for gastroenteritis costing the industry millions in payouts.

This summer major Spanish hotspots popular with Brits including the Costa del Sol, Majorca and Tenerife will be patrolled by private eyes to catch the cowboy claims management companies touting for business.