Monthly Archives: March 2019

RASFF Alert – E.coli – Live Mussels

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RASFF – high count of Escherichia coli (1600 MPN/100g) in live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain in Italy

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RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes – Black Angus VP Steak – Chilled Sliced Fennel Salami

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RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (presence /25g) in grf black angus vac steak 95/5 from the United Kingdom in the Netherlands

RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (presence /25g) in chilled sliced fennel salami from Italy in Sweden

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RASFF Alerts – Enterobacteriaceae – Pseudomonas – Chopped Beef and Turkey Skewers

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RASFF – high counts of Enterobacteriaceae (38000 CFU/g) and of Pseudomonas spp. (4000000 CFU/g) in frozen chopped beef and turkey skewers from Germany in Germany

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Hazlenuts – Groundnuts – Chilli Powder – Pistachios – Cushed Chilli – Basmati Rice – Gound Melon Seeds

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RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 8.1 µg/kg – ppb) in shrivelled hazelnut kernels from Georgia in Bulgaria

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 4.5 / B1 = 4.4 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from Egypt in Croatia

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 1.1; Tot. = 13 µg/kg – ppb) in blanched groundnut kernels from China in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 9.8 µg/kg – ppb) in chilli powder from India in Belgium

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 26.8; Tot. = 29.2 / B1 = 21.4; Tot. = 25.4 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio kernels from Turkey in Greece

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 20.8; Tot. = 20.8 µg/kg – ppb) in crushed chilli from India in Bulgaria

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 7.65 / B1 = 8.29 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from Brazil in Italy

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 9.3; Tot. = 12 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 4.3 µg/kg – ppb) in basmati rice from Pakistan in Italy

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 5.4 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from the United States in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 9.97 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Azerbaijan in Poland

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 7.8; Tot. = 5.7 µg/kg – ppb) in and insufficient labelling (missing or illegible batch information) of ground melon seeds (egusi) from the Netherlands in Germany

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 9.6 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio bars from Turkey in Germany

 

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RASFF Alert – Animal Feed – Aflatoxin – Groundnut Kernels

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RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 33.8 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels for birdfeed from Senegal in the UK

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RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Bacillus subtilis – Vitamin B2

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RASFF – unauthorised genetically modified (Bacillus subtilis) bacteria in vitamine B2 80% from China in Lithuania

 

 

 

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Scotland – Scottish cheesemakers challenge guidance on raw milk in their products

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Food Safety News

Five Scottish companies have launched a fundraising campaign for legal fees to challenge new inspection and enforcement guidance, including food safety measures, regarding raw milk cheese.

The guidance will effectively make production in Scotland unviable, according to the cheesemakers who specialise raw milk cheese.

It is focused on controlling microbiological risks in the production of artisan cheeses made from raw, unpasteurized milk such as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) including E. coli O157 and applies to all sites producing cheese made from unpasteurized milk from cows, goats, sheep and buffalo.

The document was produced by a working group of the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee (SFELC) and is to be used during inspection and enforcement of food safety controls by cheesemakers making product from unpasteurised milk.

Selina Cairns from Errington Cheese told Food Safety News that to satisfy the cheesemakers the guidance needs to be removed or re-written in consultation with industry and individual cheesemakers.

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India – Food poisoning: One dead, 9 serious

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The Daily Pioneer

A person died and nine others were taken ill reportedly due to food poisoning at Nuagaon village under Patana block of Keonjhar district on Tuesday night.

The victims complained of uneasiness after having their dinner, following which they were initially admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital and later shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack. However, one of them died on the way to Cuttack. The deceased was identified as 22-year-old Manas Nayak of the village.

Sources said eight of the victims had been engaged in decoration work of a wedding ceremony in a family, which was scheduled to take place on Wednesday. Three members of the concerned family are also undergoing treatment at the hospital after consuming the food. Police started investigation into the matter.

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USA – Months after Chipotle food-born illnesses, restaurant still has violations

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ABC 6

POWELL, Ohio — The outbreak of food-born illnesses from a Delaware County restaurant made national headlines and led Chipotle to retrain its entire staff, but still the Powell restaurant had three critical violations on its latest inspection by the Delaware General Health District. Clostridium perfringens

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