Author Archives: KSW

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Others
Product brand name
Saint Alby
Model names or references
Superior ham without rind Label Rouge 4 Slices 160g
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
4056489040408 07524 Use-by date 04/09/2024
Start/end date of marketing
From 03/21/2024 to 03/22/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
FR 22.272.028 CE
Geographical sales area
Certain Lidl stores (see list of affected stores)
Distributors
Some Lidl supermarkets. See attached list
List of points of sale
List_of_supermarkets_concerned-876801.pdf

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Posted in food contamination, food handler, Food Hazard, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Pathogen, Food Quality, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Safety Management, Food Safety Regulations, Food Testing, Listeria, Listeria France, Listeria monocytogenes

Research – Multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to chicken from Ukraine

Posted on March 24, 2024 | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

More than 100 patients have been added to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak that began in 2021.

By mid-March 2024, 300 Salmonella Mbandaka patients have been reported, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

The United Kingdom has the most cases with 173 and Finland has 98. France has 16, Ireland has seven, while a few have also been reported in Estonia, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Twenty-three patients were hospitalized, six in Finland had septicaemia and one person died in the UK. Patients range in age from less than 1 year old to 100 and 165 are females.

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Posted in ECDC, food bourne outbreak, foodborne outbreak, foodbourne outbreak, outbreak, Salmonella, Salmonella in Chicken

Research – Leveraging Plasma-Activated Seawater for the Control of Human Norovirus and Bacterial Pathogens in Shellfish Depuration

Posted on March 23, 2024 | Leave a comment

MDPI

Abstract

Cold plasma is a promising alternative for water treatment owing to pathogen control and a plethora of issues in the agriculture and food sectors. Shellfish pose a serious risk to public health and are linked to large viral and bacterial outbreaks. Hence, current European regulations mandate a depuration step for shellfish on the basis of their geographical growth area. This study investigated the inactivation of relevant viral and bacterial pathogens of three plasma-activated seawaters (PASWs), and their reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) composition, as being primarily responsible for microbial inactivation. Specifically, F-specific (MS2) and somatic (φ174) bacteriophage, cultivable surrogate (murine norovirus, MNV, and Tulane virus, TV), and human norovirus (HuNoV GII.4) inactivation was determined using plaque counts and infectivity assays, including the novel human intestinal enteroid (HIE) model for HuNoV. Moreover, the kinetic decay of Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Vibrio parahaemolyticus was characterized. The results showed the complete inactivation of phages (6–8 log), surrogates (5–6 log), HuNoV (6 log), and bacterial (6–7 log) pathogens within 24 h while preventing cytotoxicity effects and preserving mussel viability. Nitrites (NO₂⁻) were found to be mostly correlated with microbial decay. This research shows that PASWs are a suitable option to depurate bivalve mollusks and control the biohazard risk linked to their microbiological contamination, either viral or bacterial.

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Posted in Cold Atmospheric Plasma, Cold Plasma, Decontamination Microbial, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Research, Food Microbiology Testing, microbial contamination, Microbial growth, Microbial Spoilage, Microbiological Risk Assessment, Microbiology, Microbiology Investigations, Microbiology Risk

UK – FSA probes E. coli outbreak with 5 sick; discusses foodborne disease – E.coli O157

Posted on March 22, 2024 | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

Officials in the United Kingdom are looking into an E. coli outbreak linked to chili sticks that has affected five people.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are investigating the outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 with five cases. Four sick people live in England and one in Scotland.

One person was hospitalized with illness linked to products from a Christmas market. Ongoing enquiries are concentrating on the supply of beef mince used in the product.

At the end of December 2023, Chiltern Artisan recalled its chili sticks because E. coli had been found in some of the products. The use-by date is also not always displayed on the packaging, according to the recall notice.

In December, Chiltern Artisan issued a statement for people who had bought its chili snap sticks between Oct. 14 and Dec. 24, 2023.

According to a message sent to the firm from an environmental health officer at Buckinghamshire Council, none of the patients were known to have consumed chili sticks or have any known links to Chiltern Artisan and spice samples were negative.

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Posted in E.coli O157, E.coli O157:H7, food bourne outbreak, Food Illness, Foodborne Illness, foodborne outbreak, foodbourne outbreak, Illness, outbreak, STEC, STEC E.coli

France – 20 POULTRY CREPINETTES S/AT – Salmonella

Posted on March 22, 2024 | Leave a comment

Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Meats
Product brand name
UNBRANDED
Model names or references
20 POULTRY CREPINETTES S/AT
Product identification
Batch Date
041004312, 0414004452 Use-by date between 03/23/2024 and 03/29/2024
Packaging
TRAY UNDER PROTECTIVE ATMOSPHERE
Start/end date of marketing
From 03/14/2024 to 03/20/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
FR 71 158 001 EC
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
See list of points of sale.
List of points of sale
List_of_points_of_sale.pdf

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France – Alsatian salad 300g – Microbiological Risk

Posted on March 22, 2024 | Leave a comment

Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Prepared meals and snacks
Product brand name
Saladinettes
Model names or references
Alsatian salad 300g
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
4056489614302 407310 Use-by date 04/10/2024
Packaging
300g tray
Start/end date of marketing
From 03/14/2024 to 03/20/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Geographical sales area
See the list of affected stores
Distributors
Some Lidl supermarkets (see list)
List of points of sale
Store_list.pdf

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Posted in bacterial contamination, cross contamination, food contamination, Food Hazard, Food Hazrd, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Pathogen, Food Quality, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Safety Management, Food Safety Regulations, Food Testing, microbial contamination

France – Raw milk cheese – Salmonella

Posted on March 22, 2024 | Leave a comment

Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Milk and dairy products
Product brand name
Mourie farm
Model names or references
Le Quercy Le Mourié
Product identification
Batch
05/03
Start/end date of marketing
From 03/15/2024 to 03/21/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Geographical sales area
Departments: TARN-ET-GARONNE (82)
Distributors
The flavors of carretou The good, the bad and the gourmands Montauban open-air market