Monthly Archives: March 2021

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Frozen Duck Fillets – Frozen Turkey Roll – Frozen Pork – Fuet Sausage – Black Pepper – Chilled Chicken Carcasses – Frozen Split Roasted Meat – Chilled Chicken Meat – Chilled Duck Fillets with Skin

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Salmonella enterica ser. Hadar (present /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Kottbus (present /25g) in frozen duck fillets from Hungary, via Belgium in Italy

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Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen turkey roll from Belgium in Belgium

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Salmonella enterica ser. Derby (presence /25g) in frozen pork from Poland in Finland

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Salmonella (presence /25g) in fuet sausage from Spain in Germany

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Salmonella enterica ser. Gaminara (presence /25g), Salmonella enterica ser. Matadi (presence /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Poona (presence /25g) in black pepper from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella (II 42:r:- present /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Rubislaw (present /25g) in black pepper from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella enterica ser. Coeln (present /25g), Salmonella enterica ser. Minnesota (present /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Poona (present /25g) in black pepper from Brazil in Germany

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Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (in 5 out of 5 samples /25g) and Campylobacter (up to 8600 CFU/g) in chilled chicken carcasses from Poland in Poland

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Salmonella group C (presence /25g) in frozen spit-roasted meat from Poland in Poland

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Salmonella (presence /25g) in chilled chicken meat from Poland in Lithuania

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Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in chilled duck fillets with skin from Poland in Lithuania

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Groundnuts – Peanut Butter – Organic Dried Figs

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aflatoxins (B1 = 9.8; Tot. = 12 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Egypt in the Netherlands

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aflatoxins (B1 = 6.2; Tot. = 7.2 µg/kg – ppb) in peanut butter from the United States in Belgium

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aflatoxins (B1 = 51.9; Tot. = 57.5 µg/kg – ppb) in organic dried figs from Turkey in Norway

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aflatoxins (B1 = 3.2 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from China in Bulgaria

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aflatoxins (B1 = 23.7; Tot. = 25.9 / B1 = 6.3; Tot. = 7.1 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Egypt in Italy

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RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes – Frozen Meat Preparation – Raw Cows Milk Cheese – Brie – Organic Sweetcorn Kernels

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Listeria monocytogenes (presence /25g) in frozen meat preparation from Italy in Belgium

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Listeria monocytogenes in raw cow’s milk cheese from France in France

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Listeria monocytogenes (present) in brie cheese from France in France

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Listeria monocytogenes (17000 CFU/g) in frozen organic sweetcorn kernels from Hungary in Switzerland

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RASFF Alert – Ochratoxin A – Dried Figs

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ochratoxin A (31.5 mg/kg – ppm) in dried figs from Turkey in Germany

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RASFF Alert – E.coli – Live Mussels

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too high count of Escherichia coli (up to 330 MPN/100g) in live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain, purified in Italy in Italy

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RASFF Alert – Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) – Frozen Cooked Mussels

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Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) toxins (247 µg/kg – ppb) in frozen cooked mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain in Itally

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RASFF Alerts – Norovirus – Oysters

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norovirus (GI, GII) in oysters from France in Spain

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withdrawal of live oysters harvested in France because of possible contamination with norovirus in France

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RASFF Alerts – Foodborne Outbreak – Salmonella – Norway

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foodborne outbreak caused by and Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (presence /25g) in chilled bovine carcases from Germany in Norway

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RASFF Alerts -Animal Feed -Aflatoxin – Groundnuts

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aflatoxins (B1 = 150 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from India in the Netherlands

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Nigeria – Study Shows 76% Of Germs On Ready-To-Eat Fruits Are Multidrug-Resistant

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CONSUMPTION of fresh cut, ready-to-eat fruits (FCFs) processed and vended in open markets in Nigeria may constitute human health risks, causing food-borne diseases, due to microbial contamination, a study warns.

In the study, researchers had assessed pineapple and watermelon, which are among the commonest ready-to-eat fruits retailed and consumed regularly, including samples of fruit wash water and vendors’ hand, and found them heavily infested with different germs.

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