Monthly Archives: May 2017

Nottingham Post

CFIA

Ottawa, May 26, 2017 – The food recall warning issued on May 11, 2017 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Ardent Mills is recalling various brands of flour and flour products due to possible E. coli O121 contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products in the link above.

FDA

Hampton Farms is voluntarily recalling Ava’s brand Organic Cashews Roasted & Salted 8 oz. tubs distributed in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. We have been notified by our cashew supplier that the cashews used have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. No confirmed illnesses have been reported to public health authorities to date. Routine sampling of a different item from another company revealed positive Listeria monocytogenes results, and a subsequent investigation in their manufacturing environment revealed a contaminated piece of equipment that was also used to produce the ingredient we received. Although test results of our cashews were negative for Listeria, we are recalling this item out of an abundance of caution.

All affected distributors and retail stores have been notified and the affected products are being removed from store shelves. Fewer than 225 units of this product were offered for retail sale.

Food Safety News

The Kroger Co. is recalling Simple Truth brand macadamia nuts from various retailers in three states because they may contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The recall notice posted on Kroger’s website had few details. It does not name the nut grower or packer and does not indicate how the potential contamination was discovered.

The product has a long shelf life and there is concern consumers may have the recalled macadamia nuts in their homes. Consumers can identify the recalled macadamia nuts by looking for the following information on the labels:

• Simple Truth brand;
• 12 ounces;
• UPC number 11110-02478; and
• Sell By: MAY 02 18.

Food Safety News

Georgia’s Golden Gourmet, located in Americus, GA,  Thursday recalled 5,200 pounds of frozen entree products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

FeedStuffs 

Gene, dubbed fosA7, confers high level of resistance to fosfomycin, an antibiotic used to eliminate infections caused by multi-drug-resistant bacteria.

A team of investigators from Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada has discovered a gene that confers resistance to the broad-spectrum antibiotic fosfomycin. The researchers found the gene in isolates of the pathogen Salmonella enterica from broiler chickens.

RASFF  – nutmeg from Indonesia infested with moulds in Spain

RASFF – Campylobacter (presence /25g) in chilled chicken meat from Poland

RASFF – norovirus (GII) in chilled geoduck (Panopea generosa) from Canada in Italy

RASFF – shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (stx+ /25g) in frozen beef from Brazil in Italy

RASFF-shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (stx+ eae+) in frozen beef from Brazil in Italy