Which foods may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria? Outbreaks of listeriosis, the illness caused by this pathogen, that have been linked to these kinds of foods go back to 1985. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have put together a list of foods that people in high risk groups should avoid.
RASFF – Salmonella group C (1 out of 5 samples /25g) in dried basil from Egypt in Poland
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (in 3 out of 5 samples /25g) in chilled chicken meat from Poland in Poland
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (in 2 out of 5 samples /25g) in chilled chicken meat from Poland in Poland
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (presence /25g) in frozen chicken meat from Poland in Poland
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (presence /10g) in frozen chicken drumsticks from Poland in France
RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in hamburger from the Netherlands in the Netherlands
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Hadar (in 3 out of 5 samples /25g) in chilled minced turkey meat from Poland in Latvia
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 19.6 / Tot. = 24.1 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in the UK
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 7.9 / Tot. = 9.2 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands
RASFF – aflatoxins (Tot. = 4 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from Argentina in Spain
RASFF – aflatoxins (Tot. = 62 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in the UK
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 27.5; Tot. = 30.3 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio kernels from Iran in Italy
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 26.4 µg/kg – ppb) in chilli powder from India in Slovenia
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 20.6 µg/kg – ppb) in organic brown rice from Pakistan, packaged in Denmark in Sweden
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 6.9; Tot. = 7.4 µg/kg – ppb) and ochratoxin A (82 µg/kg – ppb) in chilli powder from China in Germany
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 15.9; Tot. = 18.5 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled pistachios from Iran, dispatched from the United Arab Emirates in Italy
RASFF – Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) toxins (okadaic acid=501 µg/kg – ppb) in live cockles (Donax Trunculus) from France in Italy
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RASFF – Clostridium botulinum in cheese spreads from the United Kingdom in the UK
RASFF – ochratoxin A (39 µg/kg – ppb) in chilli from China in Germany
RASFF – ochratoxin A (7 µg/kg – ppb) in muesli from the Czech Republic in Slovakia
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RASFF – shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (stx+ eae+ /25g) in minced beef from Belgium in Belgium
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RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (up to 5300 CFU/g) in sliced cheese from Austria in Austria
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