Category Archives: E.coli O157:H7

Canada – The Daily Recall Update for E.coli O157 in Beef and Veal Products!

CFIA

Recall details

Ottawa, November 4, 2019 – The food recall warning issued on October 30, 2019 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Industry is recalling various raw beef and raw veal products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination.  Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described below.

The following products have been sold as indicated in the table below.

Ongoing investigation

See complete list of recalled products associated with this ongoing investigation.

Recalled products

Recalled products – Consumer

Brand Common Name Size UPC Codes on Product Additional Info / Distribution
None – Foody World Beef Shank Variable (Clerk Served) Starting with 0200030 All units sold from
June 12, 2019 up to and including
June 15, 2019
Sold at Foody World, 8 William Kitchen Rd A, Scarborough, ON
None – Foody World Beef Flank Steak Variable (Clerk Served) Starting with 0200022 All units sold from
June 12, 2019 up to and including
June 15, 2019
Sold at Foody World, 8 William Kitchen Rd A, Scarborough, ON

What you should do

If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, call your doctor.

Check to see if you have the recalled products in your home or establishment. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased.

Food contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, mild to severe abdominal cramps and watery to bloody diarrhea. In severe cases of illness, some people may have seizures or strokes, need blood transfusions and kidney dialysis or live with permanent kidney damage. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

Background

This recall was triggered by the CFIA’s inspection activities. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.

The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing the recalled products from the marketplace.

Illnesses

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

Related recalls

2019-10-30 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-29 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-28 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-25 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-24 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-23 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-22 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-21 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-19 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-18 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-17 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-16 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-15 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-12 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-11 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-10 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-09 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-08 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-07 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-06 – The Beef Boutique Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-04 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-03 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

Research – Survey of Intact and Nonintact Raw Pork Collected at Retail Stores in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States for the Seven Regulated Serogroups of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli

Journal of Food Protection

ABSTRACT

A total of 514 raw pork samples (395 ground or nonintact and 119 intact samples) were purchased at retail stores in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey between July and December 2017. All raw pork samples were screened for serogroup O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145, or O157:H7 cells of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC-7) using standard microbiological and molecular methods. In short, 21 (5.3%) of the 395 ground or nonintact pork samples and 3 (3.4%) of the 119 intact pork samples tested positive via the BAX system real-time PCR assay for the stx and eae virulence genes and for the somatic O antigens for at least one of the STEC-7 serogroups. However, none of these 24 presumptive-positive pork samples subsequently yielded a viable isolate of STEC displaying a STEC-7 serogroup-specific surface antigen in combination with the stx and eae genes. These data suggest that cells of STEC serogroups O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145, or O157:H7 are not common in retail raw pork samples in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • None of the 514 retail raw pork samples were positive for STEC-7.

  • Four of 514 raw pork samples harbored E. coli of unknown serogroup containing stx and eae.

  • STEC-7 are uncommon in retail raw pork samples in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region.

 

Research – A Novel Aqueous Ozone Treatment as a Spray Chill Intervention against Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Surfaces of Fresh Beef

Journal of Food Protection

ABSTRACT

This experiment determined the efficacy of using a novel aqueous ozone treatment as a spray chill intervention to reduce Escherichia coli O157:H7 on surfaces of fresh beef compared with traditional water spray chill. Cutaneous trunci muscles were obtained from a local beef cattle processing plant. Muscles were divided into sixteen 25-cm2 sections, and each section was individually inoculated with E. coli O157:H7 to the final concentration of approximately 105 CFU/cm2. Muscle sections were collected and tested before and after simulated spray chill treatments of water or the novel aqueous ozone solution. Enumeration of survivors of each treatment was compared with that of the untreated muscle sections. Water spray chill reduced (P ≤ 0.05) E. coli O157:H7 0.60 log, whereas the aqueous ozone spray chill reduction (P ≤ 0.05) was 1.46 log on surfaces of fresh beef. Aqueous ozone spray chill reduced (P ≤ 0.05) aerobic bacteria 0.99 log, but water spray chill did not significantly (P > 0.05) reduce aerobic bacteria on surfaces of fresh beef. The findings indicate that aqueous ozone can be used as a spray chill intervention to enhance the safety of beef.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Aqueous ozone spray chill could be an effective antimicrobial intervention.

  • Nanobubble technology may enhance the efficacy of ozone application.

  • These results need to be validated under commercial conditions.

Research – Antibiofilm Efficacy of Peptide 1018 against Listeria monocytogenes and Shiga Toxigenic Escherichia coli on Equipment Surfaces

Journal of Food Protection

ABSTRACT

Listeria monocytogenes and Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) are important foodborne bacterial pathogens that can form biofilms on equipment surfaces at food processing facilities. Pathogens in biofilms are resistant to conventional antimicrobials and require higher antimicrobial concentrations to be inactivated. In this study, the efficacy of a synthetic innate defense regulator peptide 1018 (peptide 1018) for inactivating L. monocytogenes and STEC (O26, O111, O145, O157) biofilms on stainless steel and polycarbonate surfaces was investigated. Stainless steel and polycarbonate coupons (12 mm in diameter) were used in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention biofilm reactor containing 400 mL of 10% tryptic soy broth (TSB) that had been inoculated with an individual strain of L. monocytogenes or STEC to obtain 6 log CFU/mL populations. The reactor was set with a constant flow rate at 50 mL/h of 10% TSB for 48 h. After 48 h, coupons were treated with peptide 1018 at 0, 10, 20, or 50 μg/mL in phosphate buffer saline (PBS) for 24 h. Surviving bacterial populations were determined by scraping off the coupons and spiral plating on selective media. Significantly higher levels of pathogens in biofilms formed by certain bacterial strains, including L. monocytogenes F6854, E. coli O157:H7 RM4407 and NADC5713, and non-O157 E. coli NADC3629, were recovered on polycarbonate surfaces than on stainless steel. Antibiofilm efficacy of peptide 1018 against pathogens was concentration-dependent and varied with the type of pathogen and material surfaces. Peptide 1018 at 50 μg/mL significantly inactivated all tested bacterial biofilms on both surfaces compared with the PBS control (P < 0.05). L. monocytogenes was the bacterium most sensitive to peptide 1018; on stainless steel surfaces treated with 50 μg/mL peptide 1018, there was a 3.7- to 4.6-log CFU/cm2 reduction in Listeria populations compared with a 1.0- to 3.5-log CFU/cm2 reduction of STEC. Results suggest that peptide 1018 may be used to inactivate L. monocytogenes and STEC biofilms on equipment surfaces.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • Bacteria attach at higher levels on polycarbonate surfaces than on stainless steel.

  • L. monocytogenes is more sensitive than STEC to peptide 1018.

  • Peptide 1018 can be used to inactivate biofilms on equipment surfaces.

Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

CFIA

Recall details

Ottawa, October 30, 2019 – The food recall warning issued on October 29, 2019 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Industry is recalling various raw beef and raw veal products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described below.

Background

This recall was triggered by the CFIA’s inspection activities. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.

The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing the recalled products from the marketplace.

Illnesses

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

Related recalls

2019-10-29 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-28 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-25 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-24 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-23 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-22 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-21 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-19 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-18 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-17 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-16 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-15 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-12 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-11 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-10 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-09 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-08 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-07 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-06 – The Beef Boutique Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-04 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-03 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

Canada -Beef recall No. 21 and counting in Canada

Food Safety News

As government officials remain mum on details, they have posted the 21st in a string of beef recalls related to an ongoing E. coli investigation. The newest does not name a recalling company. It says “industry” is recalling the products.

Just as with the previous ones, the Oct. 29 recall reports that it was “triggered by the CFIA’s inspection activities.” The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has not reported what the specific inspection trigger was.

“Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described in the link above,”according to the recall notice dated Oct. 29

Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

CFIA

Recall details

Ottawa, October 28, 2019 – The food recall warning issued on October 25, 2019 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Industry is recalling various raw beef and raw veal products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described below.

The following products have been sold as indicated in the link above.

Ongoing investigation

See complete list of recalled products associated with this ongoing investigation.

Background

This recall was triggered by the CFIA’s inspection activities. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.

The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing the recalled products from the marketplace.

Illnesses

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

Related recalls

2019-10-25 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-24 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-23 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-22 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-21 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-19 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-18 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-17 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-16 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-15 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-12 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-11 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-10 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-09 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-08 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-07 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-06 – The Beef Boutique Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-04 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-03 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

Canada -Updated Food Recall Warning – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

CFIA

Recall details

Ottawa, October 25, 2019 – The food recall warning issued on October 24, 2019 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Industry is recalling various raw beef and raw veal products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described below.

The following products have been sold as indicated in the link above

Ongoing investigation

See complete list of recalled products associated with this ongoing investigation.

Background

This recall was triggered by the CFIA’s inspection activities. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.

The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing the recalled products from the marketplace.

Illnesses

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

Related recalls

2019-10-24 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-23 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-22 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-21 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-19 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-18 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-17 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-16 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-15 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-12 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-11 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-10 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-09 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-08 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-07 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-06 – The Beef Boutique Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-04 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-03 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

CFIA

Recall details

Ottawa, October 24, 2019 – The food recall warning issued on October 23, 2019 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Industry is recalling various raw beef and raw veal products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described below.

The following products have been sold as indicated in the link above

Ongoing investigation

See complete list of recalled products associated with this ongoing investigation.

 

Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7 – Is there no end to this?

CFIA

Recall details

Ottawa, October 23, 2019 – The food recall warning issued on October 22, 2019 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Industry is recalling various raw beef and raw veal products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described below.

The following products have been sold as indicated in the link above.

Ongoing investigation

See complete list of recalled products associated with this ongoing investigation.

Background

This recall was triggered by the CFIA’s inspection activities. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.

The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing the recalled products from the marketplace.

Illnesses

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

Related recalls

2019-10-24 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-22 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-21 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-19 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-18 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-17 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-16 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-15 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-12 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-11 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-10 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-09 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-08 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-07 – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-06 – The Beef Boutique Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-04 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

2019-10-03 – Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. brand raw beef products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7