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Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Certain Real Deal Meats brand pork products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

Posted on April 27, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Recall details

Ottawa, April 26, 2018 – The food recall warning issued on April 25, 2018 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Real Deal Meats Ltd. is recalling certain pork 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 and cafeterias, should not sell or use the recalled products described in the link above.

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USA – Update Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce

Posted on April 26, 2018 by | Leave a comment

CDC

What’s New?

  • Thirty-one more ill people from 10 states were added to this investigation since the last update on April 18, 2018.
  • Three more states have reported ill people: Colorado, Georgia, and South Dakota.
  • The most recent illness started on April 12, 2018. Illnesses that occurred in the last two to three weeks might not yet be reported because of the time between when a person becomes ill with E. coli and when the illness is reported to CDC.

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Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Certain K&K Foodliner brand pork products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

Posted on April 26, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Recall details

Ottawa, April 25, 2018 – The food recall warning issued on April 24, 2018 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

K&K Foodliner is recalling certain pork products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Consumers should not consume and food service establishments, such as restaurants, should not sell or use the recalled products described in the link above.

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Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Certain Irvings Farm Fresh brand pork products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

Posted on April 26, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Recall details

Ottawa, April 25, 2018 – The food recall warning issued earlier today has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Irvings Farm Fresh is recalling certain pork 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 and cafeterias, should not sell or use the recalled products described in the link above.

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Canada – Raw pork products sold and distributed by The Meat Shop at Pine Haven recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

Posted on April 25, 2018 by | Leave a comment

CFIA  O157

Recall details

Ottawa, April 24, 2018 – The Meat Shop at Pine Haven is recalling raw pork 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 and cafeterias, should not sell or use the recalled products described below.

Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
Pine Haven Pork Feet and Hocks (Lacombe cut, hind) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Ground (lean) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Heads and Bones Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Blood, Intestine and Liver Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Ribs (back, side) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Backfat and Bellies (skinless, skin-on, trim) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Butt (bone-in, skin-on, boneless) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Leg (bone-in, skin-on, boneless, denuded) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Loin (tenderloin, bone-in, prime rib, boneless, peeled, skin-on) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Shoulder (bone-in, picnic boneless) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Middle and Sides, Block Ready Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Shoulder Cappicola Cut Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Sausages (hot Italian, sweet Italian, farmer, breakfast, bacon breakfast) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Pork Roasts and Chops (fresh and smoked) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Bacon Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Wieners Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable
Pine Haven Salami (house, Holsteiner, Kulen, Bergsteiger) Variable All products sold or distributed from February 19 to April 24, 2018, inclusively Variable

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RASFF Alerts -STEC E.coli – Chilled Beef Meat – Cheese – Frozen Deer Goulash

Posted on April 20, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF-shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli in chilled beef meat from Uruguay in Spain

RASFF-shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (O111 /25g) in cheese from France in Italy

RASFF-shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (presence /25g) in frozen deer goulash from France in Germany

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USA – Eight in Alaska Jail Linked to Chopped Romaine E. coli O157 Outbreak

Posted on April 20, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Alaska state officials are responding to an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by Escherichia coli (E.coli) O157:H7 bacteria in the Anvil Mountain Correctional Center in Nome. Eight confirmed cases have been identified to date. The recently discovered cases appear to be connected to a nationwide E. coli outbreak affecting at least 53 persons in 16 states and linked to romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona.The state departments of Health and Social Services, Environmental Conservation, and Corrections are working together to investigate and control the outbreak.

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USA – Sam’s Club Recalls Taylor Farms Romaine

Posted on April 19, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Sam’s Club sent out a letter to members advising them to throw away the lettuce products listed below as a precautionary measure:

Dear Sam’s Club Member:

We were notified that Taylor Farms, as a result of a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) public advisory, has initiated a withdrawal on the items listed below due to the potential to be contaminated with E. coli.

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USA – Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Chopped Romaine Lettuce – CDC Update

Posted on April 19, 2018 by | Leave a comment

CDC Eurofins Food Testing UK

What’s New?

  • Eighteen more ill people have been added to this investigation since the last update on April 13, 2018.
  • Five more states have reported ill people: Alaska, Arizona, California, Louisiana, and Montana.
  • Nine more hospitalizations have been reported, including two people who developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome.

 

Highlights

  • Information collected to date indicates that chopped romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona growing region could be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and could make people sick.
    • At this time, no common grower, supplier, distributor, or brand has been identified.
  • Advice to Consumers(https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-04-18/advice-consumers.html):
    • Consumers anywhere in the United States who have store-bought chopped romaine lettuce at home, including salads and salad mixes containing chopped romaine lettuce, should not eat it and should throw it away, even if some of it was eaten and no one has gotten sick. If you do not know if the lettuce is romaine, do not eat it and throw it away.
    • Before purchasing romaine lettuce at a grocery store or eating it at a restaurant, confirm with the store or restaurant that it is not chopped romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona growing region. If you cannot confirm the source of the romaine lettuce, do not buy it or eat it.
  • Advice to Restaurants and Retailers(https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-04-18/advice-consumers.html):
    • Restaurants and retailers should not serve or sell any chopped romaine lettuce, including salads and salad mixes containing chopped romaine lettuce, from the Yuma, Arizona growing region.
    • Restaurants and retailers should ask their suppliers about the source of their chopped romaine lettuce.
  • CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli O157:H7) infections.
  • 53 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 16 states.
    • 31 people have been hospitalized, including five people who have developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome.
    • No deaths have been reported.
  • This investigation is ongoing, and CDC will provide updates when more information is available.

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USA – Salad with Romaine due to E. coli – Recalls

Posted on April 16, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Food Poison Journal Eurofins Food Testing UK

Fresh Foods Manufacturing Co., a Freedom, Pa., establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 8,757 pounds of ready-to-eat salad products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

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Albertsons Recalls Chopped Romaine After E. coli Warning

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Giant Eagle, Inc. is voluntarily recalling several items prepared with romaine lettuce sold in its Giant Eagle, Market District and GetGo locations across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana.Giant Eagle said the recall is in response to a CDC notice on romaine lettuce sourced by a supply partner in Arizona. The lettuce may be contaminated with E. coli.

Food Poison Journal

ADHS Advises Residents to Not Eat and Throw Away Chopped Romaine Lettuce
Three Arizona Residents Are Confirmed with E. coli Related to a Multi-State Outbreak

Food Safety News

Freedom, PA-based Fresh Foods Manufacturing Co. Saturday recalled approximately 8,757 pounds of ready-to-eat salad products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157: H7 from romaine lettuce, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

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