Monthly Archives: January 2024

Peru – Recall Infant Milk Formula – Cronobacter

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VOLUNTARY AND PREVENTIVE WITHDRAWAL OF THE FOOD: “NON-DAIRY PREPARATION ADAPTED FOR NURSING BOYS AND GIRLS, WITH DAIRY PROTEIN EXTENSIVELY HYDROLYZED AND PROBIOTIC LGG*®, LACTOSE FREE – NON-DAIRY FORMULA ADAPTED FOR NURSING BOYS AND GIRLS, WITH EXTENSIVELY HYDROLYZED MILK PROTEIN AND PROBIOTIC LGG*®, LACTOSE FREE – “NUTRAMIGEN PREMIUM” (357 g), IMPORTED BY THE COMPANY RB HEALTH PERÚ S.R.L

The General Directorate of Environmental Health and Food Safety – DIGESA of the Ministry of Health, informs the general public who became aware through the company RB HEALTH PERÚ S.R.L., the withdrawal from the market voluntary of its trademark product “NUTRAMIGEN PREMIUM” imported and marketed at national, which is manufactured by the company Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN), from the United States.

This is because the aforementioned company announced that it was voluntarily withdrawing some batches from the US market. specific to a “NUTRAMIGEN” brand product, due to the possibility of contamination with Cronobacter sakazakii from a product tested outside the United States.

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USA – Norovirus Outbreak: Raw Oysters Linked To 41 Cases In San Diego County

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SAN DIEGO, CA — Dozens of people have gotten sick after eating raw oysters in San Diego County.

County health officials have linked 41 confirmed and probable cases of norovirus to raw oysters imported from a specific harvest location in Northwest Mexico. Norovirus is the leading cause of vomiting and diarrhea, and foodborne illness in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The cases began in mid-December when people dined on raw oysters from Sonora, Mexico, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. The oysters were only available through restaurants and wholesale locations.

Health officials have asked those who purchased “Rocky Point oysters,” packed by GOLPAC in Bahia Salina, Sonora, to not eat or serve them until the outbreak investigation is completed.

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Spain – Caterer linked to school outbreak has operations suspended

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Food Safety News

Authorities in a Spanish city have suspended the permit of a company that provided catering to several schools after a large outbreak.

The outbreak affected 149 children and five teachers from four Palma schools on the Balearic Islands this past December.

The suspected food was a rice dish. Sick people had abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting but symptoms were mild with no hospitalizations.

The General Directorate of Public Health temporarily suspended the activity of the company in charge of the catering service. The move follows investigations carried out into the food poisoning incident by the Food Safety Service of the Ministry of Health which found “obvious shortcomings” in food safety management.

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France – Tray of 1 leg capon LR yellow -Listeria monocytogenes

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Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Meats
Product brand name
IGP Ardèche
Model names or references
Tray of 1 leg capon LR yellow
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
3345780049793 0363015198 Use-by date 12/31/2023
3345780049793 0363015198 Use-by date 01/01/2024
3345780049793 0363015198 Use-by date 02/01/2024
3345780049793 0363015198 Use-by date 01/04/2024
Packaging
Tray under atmosphere
Start/end date of marketing
From 12/31/2023 to 01/04/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
See list of points of sale in attachment
List of points of sale
RAPPEL_CONSO_-_Liste_client_4979.pdf

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USA – Cheese recalled in Hawaii due to Listeria

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Food Poison Journal

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The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) is alerting residents to a voluntary recall of Rizo Bros. California Creamery’s Cotija Aged Mexican Grating Cheese, batch number 4DW-23318, for potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. This product was distributed nationwide, including retailers in Hawaiʻi such as R. Field Wine Company, select Foodland and Foodland Farms supermarkets, and Cost.U.Less Hilo.

This recall is the result of a food sampling and analysis partnership conducted by DOH’s Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch (LPRB) and Food and Drug Branch (FDB), and funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to collect certain food products and test for Salmonellaand/or Listeria monocytogenes to protect public health.

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Canada – Quaker brand granola bars and cereals and Cap’n Crunch brand Treat Bars – Berry Bar recalled due to Salmonella

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CFIA

Product

Granola bars and cereals

Issue

Food – Microbial Contamination – Salmonella

What to do

Do not consume, use, sell, serve, or distribute recalled products

Distribution

National

Online

Issue

The affected products are being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination.

What you should do

If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, contact your healthcare provider
Check to see if you have recalled products
Do not consume, serve, use, sell, or distribute recalled products
Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased

Food contaminated with Salmonella may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Young children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems may contract serious and sometimes deadly infections. Healthy people may experience short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. Long-term complications may include severe arthritis.

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Quebec – Notice not to consume BBQ meatloaf prepared and sold by the company Boucherie Thibault inc. – E.coli

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Quebec

QUEBEC CITY , Jan. 11, 2024 /CNW/ – The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ), in collaboration with the company Boucherie Thibault inc. , located at 1739, avenue des Érables, in Plessisville , advises the population not to consume the product indicated in the table below, because this food is likely to contain the E. coli bacteria .

Product name

Format

Target lot

“BBQ POTATO AND VEGETABLE MEATLOAF”

Unitary

BEST AV

24-JA-14

The product which is the subject of this warning was offered for sale until January 11, 2024, and only at the establishment designated above. The product was packaged in an aluminum tray with a transparent plastic lid and sold refrigerated.

The operator is recalling the product in question. He agreed with MAPAQ to broadcast this warning as a precautionary measure. In addition, people who have this product in their possession are advised not to consume it. They must return it to the establishment where they purchased it or throw it away. Food contaminated with E. coli bacteria does not necessarily show visible spoilage or a suspicious odor, but can still make a person who consumes it sick. Possible symptoms are: nausea, vomiting, more or less acute abdominal cramps and watery or bloody diarrhea.

It should be noted that no cases of illness associated with the consumption of this food have been reported to MAPAQ to date.

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RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Chicken Product – Chicken Meat Preparations- Minced Poultry Meat

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RASFF

Salmonella detected in chicken product from the Netherlands in Germany and Belgium

RASFF

Salmonella spp. in chicken meat preparations from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF

Salmonella Enteritidis,s. infantis, s. paratyphi B in minced poultry meat from the Netherlands in Italy

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RASFF Alert- Cronobacter – Infant Formula

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RASFF

Possible presence of Cronobacter sakazakii in several batches of Nutramigen LGG infant formula from the USA in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Israel and the UK