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UK – Primula recalls all Primula Cheese tubes because of Clostridium botulinum

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Primula Ltd is recalling all Primula Cheese tubes, (chilled and ambient) because the product might be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum due to a production fault. They have taken the precautionary step of recalling all products because one product might contain Clostridium botulinum.

Product details

Product code Primula Plain Original Cheese Spread
Pack size 150g
Batch code All batch codes
Best before All dates
Product code Primula Cheese Spread with Smoked Paprika
Pack size 150g
Batch code All batch codes
Best before All dates
Product code Primula Cheese Spread with Jalapeno
Pack size 150g
Batch code All batch codes
Best before All dates
Product code Primula Light Cheese Spread
Pack size 150g
Batch code All batch codes
Best before All dates
Product code Primula Cheese Spread with Ham
Pack size 150g
Batch code All batch codes
Best before All dates
Product code Primula Cheese Spread with Chive
Pack size 150g
Batch code All batch codes
Best before All dates
Product code Primula Cheese Spread with Prawn
Pack size 150g
Batch code All batch codes
Best before All dates
Product code Primula Original Cheese Spread (ambient)
Pack size 100g
Batch code All batch codes
Best before All dates
Product code Primula Cheese Spread with Ham (ambient)
Pack size 100g
Batch code All batch codes
Best before All dates
Product code Primula Cheese spread with Chives (ambient)
Pack size 100g
Batch code All batch codes
Best before All dates

Risk statement

Manufacturing controls that could potentially affect the safety of the products listed above could not be demonstrated satisfactorily by the company.

The issue relates to controlling factors to prevent the growth and toxin production of Clostridium botulinum. Botulinum toxin may cause a serious form of food poisoning called botulism and can be fatal.

A recall from customers is being carried out as a precautionary measure.

Action taken by the company

Primula Ltd is recalling the above products. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling these products. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notice.
Customer notice: Primula Cheese(Opens in a new window)

Our advice to consumers

If you have bought any of the above products, do not eat them. Instead contact Primula on 0800 716 551 or primula@kavli.co.uk to arrange a refund. If customers are making an essential trip to the store from where it was bought, they can return the item in-store for a full refund.

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Research -Carbon dioxide as a novel indicator for bacterial growth in milk

Posted on June 16, 2020 by | Leave a comment

Wiley Online

Human milk spoils due to bacterial, yeast, or mold contamination. Current domestic methods of assessing milk spoilage are subjective or rely on time and temperature‐based guidelines. A key unmet food safety need remains the objective assessment of human milk spoilage. Experiments were conducted using a simplified human milk spoilage model based on goat’s milk as a human milk surrogate, spiked with a single bacterial strain (Staphylococcus epidermidis ), in which pH and carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration were measured along with bacteria count over 160 hr. Bacteria count correlated highly with CO2 but not with pH. A 0.21% CO2 concentration threshold could be defined for milk spoilage (correlating to a bacteria count threshold of 105 CFU/ml), with sensitivity and specificity above 84%. These findings suggest that CO2 measurement is a promising method to detect S. epidermidis growth in milk which merits further investigation for the objective and quantitative assessment of milk spoilage.

 

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China – More than 100 primary school children hospitalised with suspected food poisoning in China

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7 News

Chaotic scenes erupted at a hospital in China after more than 100 children suffered suspected poisoning at a primary school.

Officials in Henan are investigating a so-called ‘central kitchen project’ in Yucheng County, where four government-contracted catering companies were supplying school meals to 4,500 kids.

According to Chinese state media, four catering companies in Yucheng are being investigated as possible sources of the suspected food poisoning scandal.

 

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France -Product recall: Casino brand 90g Atlantic smoked salmon – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on June 16, 2020 by | Leave a comment

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ENCOUNTERED PROBLEM

Presence of Listeria monocytogenes

PROPOSED SOLUTION

People who hold this product are asked not to consume it and to return it to the point of sale where it was purchased.

People who have consumed this product and who have a fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, are invited to consult their doctor by reporting this consumption.
Pregnant women should be especially alert to these symptoms, as well as immunocompromised and elderly people. These symptoms may suggest listeriosis, a disease which can be serious and which can take up to eight weeks to incubate.

FURTHER INFORMATION

▸ Barcode
3222472788461

▸ Health stamp
FR 29 232 500 CE

▸ Lot and DLC
• Lot: 10117223 – DLC: 30/06/2020
• Lot: 10117224 – DLC: 30/06/2020
• Lot: 10117241 – DLC: 30/06/2020
• Lot: 10118237 – DLC: 04/07 / 2020
• Lot: 10118238 – DLC: 04/07/2020

▸ Contact customer service
For any further information, you can contact the customer service by dialing the Free telephone number: 0 800 13 30 16 (free service and call) from Monday to Friday from 9h to 19h.

▸ Source
https://www.geantcasino.fr/

 

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Canada – Mini Smoked Farmer Sausage recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

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CIFA

Recall details

Ottawa, June 15, 2020 – G. Brandt Meat Packers Ltd. is recalling Mini Smoked Farmer Sausage from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

Recalled product

Brand Product Size UPC Codes
Brandt Mini Smoked Farmer Sausage 0.450 kg 0 773321 204609 2046
Best Before 20JL08
Brandt Mini Smoked Farmer Sausage 0.375 kg 0 773321 204500 2043
Best Before 20JL08
Brandt Mini Smoked Farmer Sausage Various weights N/A 2045
Best Before 20JL08

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USA – Raw pet food blamed for human E. coli outbreak

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Food Safety News

Public health officials continue to investigate an E. coli outbreak linked to raw pet food sold under the Carnivora brand.

Of four sick people identified so far, all had the same strain of E. coli O157 infection and all had been exposed to the raw pet food for dogs who had been fed it, according to an outbreak notice posted by Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

Riveriene Farm Ltd. operating as Carnivora Pet Foods of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, recalled six varieties of the Carnivora brand raw food. All were manufactured in Canada and widely distributed, possibly nationwide, according to a recall notice posted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

“The individuals became sick between early March and mid-May 2020. Two individuals have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Individuals who became ill are between 3 and 43 years of age,” the outbreak notice states.

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Research -Fate of Listeria on various food contact and noncontact surfaces when treated with bacteriophage

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Study objective was to determine efficacy of a bacteriophage suspension against Listeria spp. when applied to three common types of materials used in food manufacturing facilities. Materials included two food contact materials (stainless steel and polyurethane thermoplastic belting) and one noncontact material (epoxy flooring). Coupons of each material were inoculated with a cocktail containing L. monocytogenes and L. innocua (4 to 5‐log10 CFU/cm2). Two phage concentrations and a control, 0, 2 × 107 and 1 × 108 PFU/cm2 were evaluated. Treated samples were held at 4 or 20°C for 1 and 3 hr to determine the effect of temperature and treatment time. Reductions in Listeria populations ranged from 1.27 to 3.33 log10 CFU/cm2 on stainless steel, from 1.17 to 2.76 log10 CFU/cm2 on polyurethane thermoplastic belting, and from 1.19 to 1.76 log10 CFU/cm2 on epoxy resin flooring. Higher phage concentration (1 × 108 PFU/cm2), longer treatment time (3 hr), and processing area temperature of 20°C showed a greater (p  ≤ .05) reduction of Listeria on the stainless‐steel and polyurethane thermoplastic belting coupons. Overall, Listeria reduction by phage treatment occurred on all three materials tested, under all conditions.

 

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USA -Salmonella found in some raw macadamia nuts leading to recall

Posted on June 15, 2020 by | Leave a comment

KNOE

Some NOW brand raw macadamia nuts have been recalled after a batch taken as a sample from a larger batch tested positive for Salmonella contamination.

Some nuts from the larger batch were shipped nationwide and sold online.

Consumers are asked not to consume nuts that come in packaging with the following information:

Description: NOW Real Food® Raw Macadamia Nuts, Unsalted, 8 oz. pouch

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Netherlands – Ciguatera poisoning from imported fish suspected in the Netherlands

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Food Safety News

Five people in the Netherlands have been affected by ciguatera poisoning likely caused by frozen red snapper steaks from India.

Those sick had a meal together in mid-May and developed symptoms including gastroenteritis and neurological complaints within three hours. None of them needed hospital treatment.

Tjitte Mastenbroek, a press officer at the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), said probable ciguatoxin poisoning was established.

“One original sealed package of the fish was still available in the household and is currently being analyzed for neurotoxins. Outcome of this analysis of the red snapper fish is expected next week. Currently it is unknown if this case is related to a point source (e.g. a single fish) within the batch, which could have been contaminated with ciguatoxins,” he said.

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France- Product recall: U brand Atlantic smoked salmon 90g – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on June 15, 2020 by | 2 comments

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ENCOUNTERED PROBLEM

Presence of listeria

PROPOSED SOLUTION

People who hold this product are asked not to consume it and to return it to the point of sale where it was purchased.

People who have consumed this product and who have a fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, are invited to consult their doctor by reporting this consumption.
Pregnant women should be especially alert to these symptoms, as well as immunocompromised and elderly people. These symptoms may suggest listeriosis, a disease which can be serious and which can take up to eight weeks to incubate.

FURTHER INFORMATION

▸ Barcode
3256224613008

▸ Lot and DLC
• Lot: 10117651 – DLC: 07/01/2020
• Lot: 10118220 – DLC: 07/04/2020

▸ Health stamp
FR 29 232 500 CE

▸ Areas concerned
02 – 14 – 27 -28 – 50 – 59 – 60 – 75 – 61 – 62 – 76 – 77 – 78 – 80 – 91 – 92 – 93 – 94 – 95 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 07 – 09 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 15 – 19 – 24 -26 – 30 – 31 – 32 – 33 – 34 – 40 – 46 – 47 – 48 – 64 – 65 – 66 – 81 – 82 – 83 – 84 – 974 -2A – 2B – ANDORRA

▸ Contact customer service
For more information, you can contact the Customer Service on 09 69 36 69 36 (call not surcharged).

▸ Source
https://www.coursesu.com/

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