Monthly Archives: September 2020

France – Confit pork tenderloin from SAS LARTIGAU – Listeria monocytogenes

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ENCOUNTERED PROBLEM

Presence of Listeria monocytogenes

PROPOSED SOLUTION

Those in possession of 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 attending physician, notifying them of this consumption.
Pregnant women should pay special attention to these symptoms, as well as immunocompromised people and the elderly. These symptoms may suggest listeriosis, a disease that can be serious and can take up to eight weeks to incubate.

FURTHER INFORMATION

▸ Marketing
These products were sold in the Cup section of your store from 06/12/2020 to 09/09/2020

▸ Consumer service contact
SAS LARTIGAU is available to consumers to answer their questions at the telephone number: 05 58 46 68 95 (during office hours).

▸ Source
https://www.carrefour.fr/

https://www.oulah.fr/rappel-produit-filet-de-porc-confit-de-la-societe-sas-lartigau/

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Belgium – Loué brand White Farmer chicken fillet – Salmonella

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AFSCA

Recall of Carrefour
Product: Loué brand White Farmer chicken fillet.
Problem: suspected presence of salmonella.

Following a control and as a precautionary measure to guarantee consumer safety, the company LDC – SABLE SAS requests to withdraw from the trade the White Farmhouse Chicken Fillet of the Loué brand sold in the butcher’s department of certain Carrefour stores in Belgium and the reminds consumers of the possible presence of salmonella.

Product description:

Name: White
farmhouse chicken fillet from the Loué brand EAN: 2951079500000
Expiry date (DLC): 08-10 /
09/20 LOT 2020037371

The company LDC – SABLE SAS is proceeding today as a precaution to withdraw from the sale ofLoué brand White Farm chicken fillet following the suspicion of the presence of salmonella.

All products have been withdrawn from sale. Some of these products were, however, marketed on the Belgian market before the withdrawal measure. It is therefore recommended that people who hold the products described above do not consume them and destroy them or return them to the point of sale where they will be reimbursed to you.

Foodborne illnesses caused by salmonella result in
gastrointestinal disturbances often accompanied by fever within 12 to 72 hours of
consuming the contaminated products. These symptoms may be aggravated in
young children, immunocompromised individuals and the elderly.

People who have consumed the products mentioned above
and who have these symptoms, are invited to consult their doctor by notifying him of this consumption.

For any further information , you can contact the Carrefour Belgium consumer service by dialing the free number 0800.9.10.11 , from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on working days and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.

We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience caused.

 

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Lithuanian – Lithuanian officials seize poultry meat due to Salmonella

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Lithuanian authorities have seized more than 40 tons of imported poultry meat due to potential Salmonella contamination in the space of three months.

From June to August of this year, the State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) banned the placing on the market of 10 batches of poultry meat imported to Lithuania from Poland, Hungary, and Romania.

More than half of the non-compliant meat (25 tons or seven batches) was imported from Poland. A total of 12 tons, or two lots, originated in Hungary and three tons, or one lot, came from Romania.

Lithuanian officials seize poultry meat due to Salmonella

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Denmark – Burger buns with risk of Mold

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DVFA

Nordthy is recalling Quickbury Mega Burger Buns, due to the risk of mold. Risk of mold makes the product unfit for human consumption. (Updated 08-09-2020, with new points of sale)

Recalled Foods , Published: August 28, 2020

Modified September 8, 2020
(Updated 08-09-2020, with new outlets)
What food:
Quickbury Mega Burger Buns ( see photo )
Net weight: 300 grams
Best before dates: 04.12.20, 11.12.20 and 12.12.20
This only applies to Lot / batch numbers with end numbers: “64”
EAN barcode: 4028491401065
Sold in:

Net stores throughout the country

SPAR ÅKIRKEBY, TORVET 1, 3720 AAKIRKEBY
MENU MARIBO, BROVEJEN 19, 4930 MARIBO
SPAR DALVANGSVEJ, DALVANGSVEJ 52, 2600 GLOSTRUP
MENU HIMMELEV, SOGNEVEJ 95, 4000 ROSKILDE
MY MERCHANT Halvrimmen, AALBORGVEJ 14, 9460 BROVST
MENU BOGENSE, VESTRE ENGVEJ 2, 5400 BOGENSE
LETKØB HYLKE, HYLKEVEJ 52, 8660 SKANDERBORG
SPAR KOLDBY, LIMFJORDSGADE 15, 7752 SNEDSTED
MY MERCHANT GADBJERG, LANGGADE 35, 7321 GADBJERG
LETKØB- ØRTING HANDELSPL., HORSENSVEJ 121, 8300 ODDER
SPAR HADERSLEV, LYØVEJ 10, 6100 HADERSLEV
SAVE NYKØBING MORS, FRUEVEJ 37-41, 7900 NYKØBING M
MY MERCHANT DAUGÅRD, GL. VEJLEVEJ 51  8721 DAUGÅRD
MY MERCHANT VEJRUP, MØLLEVEJ 1, VEJRUP, 6740 BRAMMING
Menu Hadsund, Hadsundvej 1 – Als, 9560 Hadsund
Spar Brovst, JERNBANEGADE 2, 9460 Brovst
SPAR THURØ, BERGMANNSVEJ 112 THURØ, 5700 SVENDBORG
Letkøb Fjelstrup, Fjelstrup Nørrevej 3.6100 Haderslev
SPAR ÅRSLEV, STATIONSVEJ 124, 5792 ÅRSLEV
LETKØB – RØMØ, KØBMANDEN, HAVNEBYVEJ 25,6792 RØMØ
SPAR HVIDBJERG KØBMANDSGÅ NÆSSUNDVEJ 358, 7960 KARBY
MY MERCHANT ENGESVANG, GL. KONGEVEJ 62, 7442 ENGESVANG
MY MERCHANT NYKØBING MORS, FÆLLEDVEJ 17, 7900 NYKØBING M
MY MERCHANT BEVTOFT, KRYGERSVEJ 38, 6541 BEVTOFT
802-MENU RUGGARDSVEJ, RUGGAARDSVEJ 211, 5210 ODENSE NV
MY MERCHANT NIM  PRÆSTEVÆNGET 13, 8740 Brædstrup
MY MERCHANT ODENSE SØ, HOLLUFGÅRDSVEJ 219, 5220 ODENSE SØ
SPAR WANDALSVEJ, WANDALLSVEJ 10, 5700 SVENDBORG
SPAR AGERSKOV, HOVEDGADEN 14, 6534 AGERSKOV
SPAR GØRDING ApS, NØRREGADE 1, 6690 GØRDING
MY MERCHANT TROLDHED, NO. VIUMVEJ 1 A,  6920 VIDEBÆK
MENU OTTERUP APS, STRANDVEJEN 1  5450 OTTERUP
SPAR EBBERUP EBBERUPVEJ 75, 5631 EBBERUP
SAVE HOPTRUP, HOPTRUP HOVEDGADE 53 6100 HADERSLEV
MY MERCHANT BOVRUP, BOVRUP STOREGADE 20-BOVRUP  6200 AABENRAA
SAVE HUMBLE HOVEDGADEN 24, 5932 HUMBLE
MY MERCHANT SENNELS SENNELSVEJ 81, 7700 THISTED
SAVE ESBJERG BØNDERGÅRDSVEJ 1 6700 ESBJERG
MY MERCHANT HAASTRUP, BYGADEN 10, HÅSTRUP 5600 FAABORG
SPAR ERSLEV, PRÆSTBROVEJ 144, 7950 ERSLEV
Company recalling:
Nordthy, Rubinvej 61, 7700 Thisted
Cause:
Mold has been found on the underside of the buns 
Risk:
Risk of mildew makes the product unsuitable as food.
Advice for consumers:
The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration advises consumers to deliver the product back to the store where it was purchased or to discard it.

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Iceland – Suspicion of Salmonella in Chicken

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MAST

Matvælastofnun warns against consuming fresh chickens from Reykjagarður due to suspicion of salmonella. The company is recalling the chicken.

The recall only covers the following traceability numbers:

  • 001-20-31-3-07 & 001-20-31-1-13 (Holta-, Kjörfugl and Króna-chicken)
  • 001-20-31-3-07 & 001-20-31-1-13 (Whole bird, breast, puffins, bits)

Distribution: Icelandverslanir, Hagkaupsverslanir, Krónan, KR Vík, Kjarval, Nettó, Costco, Extra24, Heimkaup, Kf. Skagfirðingar, Bjarnabúð, Kjörbúðin, Kaupfélag Vestur-Húnvetningar, Olís Verslun Varmahlíð, Basko / 10-11.

Consumers who have purchased chickens with this traceability number are asked to return them to the relevant store or directly to Reykjagarður hf. at Fossháls 1, 110 Reykjavík.

 

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Research – A new method may make tomatoes safer to eat

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Science Daily

When vegetable farmers harvest crops, they often rely on postharvest washing to reduce any foodborne pathogens, but a new University of Georgia study shows promise in reducing these pathogens — as well as lowering labor costs — by applying sanitizers to produce while it is still in the fields.

Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and Listeria monocytogenes are major causes of foodborne diseases and of public health concern in the U.S. Tomato-associated Salmonella outbreaks reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have increased in frequency and magnitude in recent years, and fresh produce accounted for 21% of E. coli outbreaks reported to the CDC over a 20-year span.

Initially researchers were going to study the use of a nonchlorine-based sanitizer made of two food additives approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — levulinic acid and sodium dodecyl sulfate — as a postharvest wash solution. However, at the suggestion of a producer involved in the study — Bill Brim of Lewis Taylor Farms in Tifton, Georgia — they designed the study using the solution in a preharvest spray, said Tong Zhao, associate research scientist with the Center for Food Safety on the UGA Griffin campus.

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Netherlands – AH Gouda cheese young matured 48+ cubes Recall- Samonella

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NVWA

Albert Heijn has decided to bring back AH Gouda cheese aged 48+ cubes from the shops. Salmonella has been found in this product. It only concerns cheese cubes with an expiration date 2-11-2020.

Consuming the cheese cubes with this expiration date can potentially pose a health hazard, especially for young children, the elderly, people with a weakened immune system and pregnant women. Consult your doctor or general practitioner if you have any questions about health problems.

Customers are requested not to eat the cheese cubes and to return them to an Albert Heijn store, where they will be reimbursed the purchase price upon return of the product.

See also the Albert Heijn website

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USA/Canada – 1,139 Sickened by Cyclospora in the United States and Canada

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1,139 Sickened by Cyclospora in the United States and Canada

727 tied to Fresh Express bagged salads – 412 sick from unknown product.

As of August 26, 2020, 1,102 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in people who had no history of international travel during the 14-day period before illness onset have been reported to CDC by 35 jurisdictions, including 34 states and New York City, since May 1, 2020.

The median illness onset date is June 11, 2020 (range: May 1–August 15, 2020). At least 78 people have been hospitalized; no deaths have been reported.

In Canada, as of July 8, 2020, there are 37 confirmed cases of Cyclospora illness linked to this outbreak in three provinces: Ontario (26), Quebec (10) and Newfoundland and Labrador (1). Individuals became sick between mid-May and mid-June 2020. One individual has been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Individuals who became ill are between 21 and 70 years of age. The majority of cases (76%) are female.

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Research – Microbiological profile, incidence and behavior of Salmonella on seeds traded in Mexican markets.

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JFP

Seed consumption has increased in recent years because the high nutrient content of seeds. However, the number of outbreaks caused by Salmonella associated with the consumption of low water activity food items has also increased, although these food items do not support microbial growth. The main goal of this study was to quantify microbial indicators and to determine the prevalence and content of Salmonella spp. in chia, amaranth and sesame seeds obtained from Mexican retail outlets. In addition, the behavior of this pathogen on seeds was also evaluated. One hundred samples of each product (chia, amaranth and sesame seeds) were collected from Queretaro City markets. Aerobic plate count (APC), coliforms and Escherichia coli were quantified, and the presence and number of Salmonella were also determined. Chia, amaranth and sesame seeds (1 kg each) were inoculated with a cocktail containing five Salmonella strains (~6 log CFU mL -1 ) and were stored at ambient temperature and populations of Salmonella were quantified. The median APC contents in chia, amaranth, and sesame seeds were 2.1, 2.4, and 3.8 log CFU g -1 , respectively, and the content of coliforms on the seeds ranged from 0.48 to 0.56 log MPN g -1 . E. coli was present at low concentrations in the three types of seeds. Salmonella was detected in chia (31%), amaranth (15%), and sesame (12%) seeds, and the population ranged from 0.48 to 0.56 Log MPN g -1 . Salmonella spp. decreased through 240 days of storage, showing inactivation rates of 0.017, 0.011 and 0.016 log CFU h -1 in chia, amaranth, and sesame seeds, respectively. The high prevalence of Salmonella in the seeds highlights potential risks for consumers, particularly giving that seeds are generally consumed without treatments guaranteeing pathogen inactivation.

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Netherlands – Important safety warning whole chicken Lidl – Salmonella

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NVWA

Salmonella was found in the Lidl product ‘Whole free-range chicken natural, from the PiqueBroche brand’, with the best before dates 08-09-2020 and 11-09-2020.

Customers are urged not to consume the product. Eating a product with the salmonella bacteria, if not heated enough, can cause fever, stomach pain and diarrhea within 6-48 hours of consumption. In young children, the elderly, people with low immunity and pregnant women, a salmonella infection can lead to dehydration or hospitalization. Consult your doctor for more information if you have any health problems after eating the said product.

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