Monthly Archives: January 2023

FDA and Stop Foodborne Illness to Co-Host Webinar on Food Safety Culture Learning and Training

January 10, 2023

Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the sixth in the ongoing series of webinars exploring food safety culture will take place on January 25, 2023, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm ET.  The webinar series Collaborating on Culture in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety is in partnership with Stop Foodborne Illness, a non-profit public health organization.

The upcoming webinar “Food Safety Culture Learning: It’s more than checking the boxes”, will focus on how food safety culture relates to training and education.

Guest speakers on January 25, include:

  • Caitlin Hamstra, Corporate Learning and Development Specialist, Birchwood Foods
  • Steve Aloi, Director of Food Safety, Wegmans Food Markets

The webinar series engages experts from the public and private sectors in a collaborative exchange of ideas and experiences related to the importance of a robust food safety culture in helping to ensure safe food production.

Food safety culture is one of the core elements in FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint, which states that dramatic improvements in reducing the burden of foodborne illness cannot be made without doing more to influence the beliefs, attitudes, and, most importantly, the behaviors of people and the actions of organizations.

Register

To learn more about this webinar series and to listen to recordings, visit Collaborating on Culture in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety.

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Research USA – Seafood-Related Natural Toxin and Scombrotoxin Fish Poisoning Illnesses for Fish Other than Molluscan Shellfish Investigation Update

FDA

Investigated Illnesses and Outbreaks Table Update for Seafood Related Natural Toxin and Scombrotoxin Fish Poisoning

Table 1: Closed Illness and Outbreak Incidents is a list of investigations that were managed by FDA’s Seafood-Related Natural Toxin and Scombrotoxin Fish Poisoning Team for Fish Other Than Molluscan Shellfish. The listed incidents have been completed at this time.

The table is managed and updated when a significant number of illnesses have been investigated in a specific period of time or at least quarterly.

The table has been updated to illustrate additional information such as

  • Pending analytical results;
  • Confirmed fish/fishery product species identifications; and
  • Completed analytical results are listed in their own column.

The following FDA tracking numbers, and illness type have been added to the table:

  • 20-09-08: CFP;
  • 22-08-15: SFP;
  • 22-08-17: SFP;
  • 22-09-18: SFP;
  • 22-09-20: CFP/SFP;
  • 22-10-21: Unknown;
  • 22-11-22: SFP; and
  • 22-12-23: SFP.

The table may be found at: How to Report Seafood-Related Toxin and Scombrotoxin Fish Poisoning Illnesses | FDA

Germany – “ANKER herring in jelly”- Salmonella

LMW

Alert type: Food
Date of first publication: 01/10/2023
Product name:

“ANKER herring in jelly”

Product images:

Anchor-Herring-in-Jelly-200g.jpg
Manufacturer (distributor):

Anker GmbH Fisch- und Feinkostfabrik Gewerbestraße 6 23942 Dassow

Reason for warning:

Salmonella

Packaging Unit: 200 g
Durability: Best before 06.04.2023
Lot identification: EAN 4004702360000
Further information:

Salmonella disease manifests itself within a few days after infection with diarrhoea, abdominal pain and occasionally vomiting and a slight fever. The symptoms usually subside on their own after a few days. In particular, infants, small children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with a weakened immune system can develop more severe illnesses. Anyone who has eaten this food and develops severe or persistent symptoms should seek medical attention and report possible salmonella infection. It makes no sense to seek preventive medical treatment without symptoms. Further information on the pathogen can be found here: http://www.infection-protection.de/erregersteckbriefe/salmonellen. 

Manufacturer’s website:

France – CHORIZO FLAVOR CHICKEN NIBS – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name CROC SIDE
  • Model names or references CHORIZO FLAVOR CHICKEN NIBS
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Date
    3564706604988 Use-by date 30/12/2022
  • Packaging 250G SACHET
  • Marketing start/end date From 09/12/2022 to 30/12/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 72.264.002 EC
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors E.LECLERC

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Risk of presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the product.
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

Research – Report on surveillance of Campylobacter infections in France in 2021.

Sante Publique

CDC Campy

Key points

In 2021, surveillance of Campylobacter infections confirmed the epidemiological and biological trends already observed in recent years. Specifically, the data shows:

  • a predominance of the species C. jejuni ;
  • a higher number of cases and incidence in children with a maximum incidence in 0-9 year olds (27 cases/100,000 inhabitants);
  • a predominance of infections in men 15 cases per 100,000 inhabitants versus 11 cases per 100,000 for women (less marked trend in people aged 20 to 39);
  • a seasonal peak during the summer period;
  • high resistance to fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines, which has remained stable in recent years;
  • no notable increase in the resistance rates of the six antibiotics tested routinely;
  • consumption of poultry products as the first food (incriminated or suspected) identified as a source of contamination in episodes of collective food poisoning.

The number of Campylobacter strains listed by the CNR has been increasing since 2013, the year in which the network’s laboratories introduced online data entry. By way of comparison, at European level, the trend in the number of Campylobacter infection notifications remained stable over the 2016-2020 period. This increase observed in France could be a reflection of a real increase in Campylobacter infections. However, several factors, such as the grouping of laboratories into technical platforms and the increasingly systematic use of multiplex PCR (diagnostic tests that allow the presence of several targeted pathogens to be tested at the same time from the same sample) , facilitating the detection of Campylobacter sp , could have contributed to the increase in the number of strain isolations and therefore of the notification by the laboratories of the network over time.

Luxembourg – HOLLOW OYSTERS (N°2, N°3) FROM THE BRAND LA BELLE DE QUIBERON (HUÎTRES HENRY) AND FLAT OYSTERS BELONS BIO N°2 FROM THE BRAND LA BELLE DE CANCALE (HUÎTRES HENRY) – Norovirus

SAP

Huîtres Henry is recalling the following products in Luxembourg:

Last name Cupped oysters n°2
Mark La Belle de Quiberon (Henry oysters)
Amount:  1 dozen
bar code 3532000112522
Sale period from 03/01/2023 to 09/01/2023
Batches All batches with a packaging date between December 28, 2022 and January 6, 2023
Last name Cupped oysters n°3
Mark La Belle de Quiberon (Henry oysters)
Amount:  2 dozen
bar code 3532000100239
Sale period from 03/01/2023 to 09/01/2023
Batches All batches with a packaging date between December 28, 2022 and January 6, 2023
Last name Organic Belons flat oysters n°2
Mark La Belle de Cancale (Henry oysters)
Amount  1 dozen
bar code 3532000201233
Sale period from 03/01/2023 to 09/01/2023
Batches All batches with a packaging date between December 28, 2022 and January 6, 2023

Danger  : Potential presence of Norovirus

Food poisoning caused by Norovirus results in gastrointestinal disorders often accompanied by symptoms of acute gastroenteritis (sudden onset of vomiting, nausea and/or diarrhea sometimes associated with abdominal cramps, moderate fever, chills, body aches and headaches). These symptoms appear after 10 to 50 hours after consumption. Pregnant women should be especially alert to these symptoms, as well as immunocompromised people, small children and the elderly.

Sale confirmed in Luxembourg by: Cora

A sale by other operators cannot be excluded.

Information Source: Cora Recall Notification

France – ORGANIC PURE PORK U DRY SAUSAGE 200 g – Salmonella

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Others
  • Product brand name U
  • Model names or references U Organic pure pork dry sausage 200 g
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3256220369657 2290010001 Use-by date 01/16/2023
    2290010002 Use-by date 01/17/2023
    2290010004 Use-by date 01/22/2023
    2290010005 Use-by date 01/22/2023
    2290010006 Use-by date 01/24/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors U-stores

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Salmonella detection
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Salmonella spp (causative agent of salmonellosis)

France – ORGANIC DRY SAUSAGE -Salmonella

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name CASINO
  • Model names or references Organic dry sausage 200G
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3222476843128 2290010003 Date of minimum durability 01/21/2023
    3222476843128 2290010007 Date of minimum durability 01/28/2023
  • Packaging Under perforated film
  • Marketing start/end date From 21/11/2022 to 28/01/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Health mark FR 71.350.001
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors CASINO, VIVAL, SPAR and Casino distribution networks

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Salmonella detection
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Salmonella spp (causative agent of salmonellosis)

France – ORGANIC DRY SAUSAGE – Salmonella

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name BIO-U SYSTEM
  • Model names or references Organic dry sausage 200G
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3256220369657 2290010001 Date of minimum durability 01/16/2023
    3256220369657 2290010002 Date of minimum durability 17/01/2023
    3256220369657 2290010004 Date of minimum durability 01/22/2023
    3256220369657 2290010005 Date of minimum durability 01/22/2023
    3256220369657 2290010006 Date of minimum durability 01/24/2023
  • Packaging Under perforated film
  • Marketing start/end date From 21/11/2022 to 24/01/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Health mark FR 71.350.001
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors U-system

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Salmonella detection

France – ORGANIC DRY SAUSAGE – Salmonella

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name LIDL
  • Model names or references Organic dry sausage 200G
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    20928520 2299007001 Date of minimum durability 23/01/2023
    20928520 2299007002 Date of minimum durability 01/28/2023
  • Packaging Under perforated film
  • Marketing start/end date From 25/11/2022 to 28/01/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Health mark FR 71.350.001
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors LIDL

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Salmonella detection