Monthly Archives: January 2018

Barf Blog  

Jeanette LeBlanc contracted a deadly flesh-eating bacteria called Vibrio that day, resulting in her death a few weeks later.

LeBlanc’s symptoms started out similar to an allergic reaction. In fact, that’s what she suspected it was before doctors told her otherwise. She had red patches of a rash on her legs and experienced respiratory issues before the symptoms worsened, KLFY reported.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the bacteria that causes Vibriosis creates 80,000 cases of illness in the United States each year and 100 deaths. The Vibrio bacteria live in coastal waters, those where oysters also live. The oysters contract the bacteria by filtering water to feed and the bacteria ends up in the tissues of the oyster, then when someone like LeBlanc eats it raw, they also contract the bacteria.

In Hong Kong, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (December 29) reported its investigations into three food poisoning outbreaks suspected to be related to the consumption of raw oysters in three different restaurants.

Food Safety News

Crescent City Meats in Metairie, LA Saturday recalled approximately 430 pounds of Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Tasso Cajun Spicy Ham products because the RTE product may be underprocessed, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The products were produced on Nov. 9, Dec. 18, and Dec. 20, 2017. The following products are subject to recall: [View Label (PDF only)]

• 5-lb vacuum packs that were shipped in 10-lb. cases with the product labeled “TASSO CAJUN SPICY HAM READY TO EAT.”  The cases contain lot codes 1631317, 1635517, and 1635217 or 35217.

The products subject to recall bear the establishment number “Est. 13244” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The items were distributed for institutional use in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

New Indian Express

SRIKAKULAM: Taking a serious view of food the poisoning case reported from a  Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) at G Sigadam, collector K Dhananjaya Reddy issued suspension orders to school special officer Shirisha and NURSE Kumari on the charge of negligence while discharging their duties. A day after 35 girls were admitted to Rajam government hospital with the complaints of vomiting, fevers and diarrhoea, another six students were rushed to the hospital on Saturday morning.
According to sources, though the food poisoning came to light four days ago, the school management managed to hush up the incident.

Outlook India

Dumka (Jharkhand), Jan 7 Four members of a family, including three minors, have died while three others were hospitalized in a suspected case of food poisoning in Sitpahari village under Muffasil police station of Dumka district, police today said.

Baski Dey (43), an utensil hawker, his two daughters — Jiyamuni (12) and Lalitha (10) — and son Jiyaram (8) were found dead today morning in their house while Baski’s another son Mukul (4), wife Rinku Devi (35) and mother Rai Devi (60) were found sick, officer-in-charge of the police station, Kameshwar Singh said.

All the three persons have been admitted to Dumka Sadar Hospital he said.

The Deputy Superintendent of Sadar Hospital Dr Dilip Keshri said they are suspecting it to be a case of food poisoning.

The Sun

A MAN’S testicle “exploded like a volcano” after he got a rare disease on holiday.

David Worsley, 59, caught African Salmonella, a strain of the infection which was confined to his genital area, in Tunisia.

Food Poisoning Bulletin 

Fieldbrook Foods Corporation of Dunkirk NY has issued a voluntary recall of 20 cases of the Tops brand of Orange Cream Bars and 320 cases of the Meijer Purple Cow brand Orange Cream Bars due to the possibility that the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

The recalled Top’s Orange Cream Bars were sold in Tops retail stores located in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Vermont.  The product comes in a 12 ct retail box (pictures attached).  The product has a production date of December 18, 2017 and a “best by” date of December 18, 2018.

The recalled Purple Cow Orange Cream Bars were sold in Meijer retail stores located in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Wisconsin. The product comes in a 12 ct retail box (pictures attached). The product has a production date of November 30, 2017 and a “best by” date of November 30, 2018.

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.

Pacific News Center

Interesting news, follow the link and see the picture, but not after you have just eaten!

Yesterday, pictures circulated on social media showing raw chicken thawing in a mop sink adjacent to the Vietnamese restaurant.

Guam – The Department of Public Health released the inspection report of the Pho Saigon 2 restaurant and the details of the findings are difficult to stomach.

Yesterday, pictures circulated on social media showing raw chicken thawing in a mop sink adjacent to the Vietnamese restaurant.

When the health inspectors arrived yesterday for an impromptu inspection, they found more health code violations far beyond raw chicken left outside in the open air.

The Food Establishment Report writes, “Ready to eat foods stored in the same freezer as raw meat, food contact surfaces not cleaned and sanitized properly,” etc.

Public health went on to cite other violations that included a lack of hot water at the restaurant, improper employee hand washing, sanitation issues, hazardous food storage temperatures, and of course, pest problems.

Telegraph

Wooden “plates” used by restaurants pose a food poisoning risk to people eating from them, a council has warned as it issued a £50,000 fine to a steakhouse where 14 people fell ill.

Birmingham City Council brought the case against Ibrahim’s Grill and Steak House because it kept using the boards to serve food.

In October 2016, inspectors visited the premises in Acocks Green, Birmingham, after a food poisoning outbreak affected a party of 14.

A number of issues of concern were found, including a high level reliance being placed on the use of disposable gloves, rather than staff washing hands.

The cleaning of the premises was poor and sanitising chemicals were also not being used in accordance with manufacturer instructions.

Food Quality News

Netherlands has reported its first Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak with 57 cases over seven months.