Category Archives: Eurofins Laboratories

US – Gills Foods Onions Recall Expandend – Listeria – Other Products Affected

Food Poisoning Bulletin

Gills Onions LLC of California is expanding its July 18 recall of diced and slivered red and yellow onions and diced celery and onion mix to include more products. Now, diced, slivered, and whole peeled onions and diced onion/celery mix with use-by dates on or before August 3, 2012 are included in the recall for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Poisoning Bulletin

Sartori Inspirations, LLC is recalling some Ciolo Products sold at Whole Foods Market stores because they may contain onions from Gills Onions. That product may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The Gills Onions were recalled on July 18, 2012.

Spartan Stores

Spartan Stores today is announcing an URGENT FOOD RECALL of two (2) Central Kitchen products shipped between July 13th  through July 26th, 2012 that contain onions produced by Gills Onions, LLC of Oxnard, CA. The recall is in connection with the expanded voluntary recall announced on July 25, 2012 by Gills Onions of their diced and slivered red and yellow onion products due to possible contamination with Listeria Monocytogenes.

Publix

Publix Super Markets is issuing a voluntary recall for custom sub sandwiches that contain onions because they may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. Publix received notification from their supplier, who receives sliced onions from Gills Onions LLC. This recall involves any custom made sub sandwich with onions sold from the Publix Deli department between July 7, 2012 through July 26, 2012 in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. Publix stores in Florida are not involved with this recall.

 

RASFF and European Alerts – Salmonella/Mould/Entero/Histamine

RASFF – Salmonella in Poultry Meat Flour in Germany sourced in the Netherlands

RASFF – Mould in Cheddar Cheese in Denamark sourced in the Netherlands

RASFF – Salmonella in Frozen Chicken in France sourced in Poland

RASFF – Salmonella in Turkey Carcass in France

RASFF – Salmonella/Entero in Feed Protein in Belgium sourced from France.

RASFF – Histamine in Tuna Loins in Italy sourced in France.

French Only – Sprouted Seeds – Salmonella

HPA – Warning Clostridium boutlinum – Italian Olives

HPA 

Tests carried out by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) identified the toxin that causes botulism in a jar of Italian olives after an Oxfordshire resident was admitted to hospital with botulism poisoning. No further cases have been identified to date.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is now asking people who have bought jars of the implicated olives not to eat them and to contact their local authority environmental health food safety team to arrange collection of the product.

The implicated olives are “Olive Bella Di Cerignola” produced by ‘I Divini’. These are large green olives from the Puglia region of Italy and are packaged in brine in glass jars with a lot number of 161/11 and best before date of 10/06/2014. This type of olive is distributed under a number of different brand names but only the I DIVINI di Chicco Francesco brand is associated with this incident.

The HPA is working with the local authority environmental health department and the Food Standards Agency on the investigation. Botulism is rare in the UK – there have only been 33 recorded cases of food-borne botulism in England and Wales since 1989, with 27 of these linked to a single outbreak.

UK – Legionnaires Outbreak – Stoke on Trent

BBC

Seven people are being treated for Legionnaires’ disease in an outbreak in Stoke-on-Trent.

Those affected are six men and a woman, aged between their late 40s and 75, health officials said. wo men in their 70s are described as “stable” and the other patients are said to be “improving”.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said all seven patients were being treated at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire

New Zealand Meat Company Recall – Listeria

Hawkes Bay Today

Bay Cuisine Ltd and its staff were “very concerned” about traces of listeria being found in some of their products, joint managing director Simon Wills said in a statement last night.

Recall notices had been placed in newspapers across the country to advise the public that the products listed had the potential to be contaminated with listeria, and should not be consumed.

The Hawke’s Bay based manufacturer and wholesaler operates from Onekawa, Napier. As well as Hawke’s Bay Hospital, it supplies a range of restaurants, clubs, schools, rest homes, wineries, bakeries and large food manufacturers throughout New Zealand. They supply many types of meat, as well as a range of small goods.

CDC – Another Live Chicks Salmonella Outbreak

CDC

  • A total of 37 persons infected with the outbreak strain of SalmonellaHadar have been reported from 11 states.
    • The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Arizona (2), California (1), Colorado (3), Idaho (5), Illinois (2), Oregon (5), Tennessee (2), Texas (1), Utah (5), Washington (9), and Wyoming (2).
    • Eight ill persons have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.
    • 37% of ill persons are children 10 years of age or younger.
  • Epidemiologic, laboratory and traceback findings have linked this outbreak of human Salmonella infections to contact with live poultry from Hatchery B in Idaho.

USDA – Fresh Ground Beef Recall – Salmonella

USDA

Cargill Meat Solutions, a Wyalusing, Pa., establishment, is recalling 29,339 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

FSIS became aware of the problem during the course of an ongoing investigation of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis involving 33 case-patients from 7 states (MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VA, VT-preliminary data, subject to change). Working in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Vermont Department of Health, New York State Department of Health, and New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets, FSIS was able to link illnesses in five case-patients to the ground beef products produced at this establishment based on epidemiologic and traceback investigations, as well as in-store reviews

 

Australia – Almond Recall Salmonella

FSANZ

Woolworths Ltd has recalled Macro Wholefoods Market Organic Biodynamic Almonds nationally from Woolworths Supermarkets, Safeway, Food for Less, Flemings Supermarkets and Thomas Dux Grocers due to Salmonella contamination. Food contaminated with Salmonella may cause illness if consumed. Consumers should not eat this product and should return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Any consumers concerned about their health should seek medical advice.

CIFA – Salad Recall – Listeria monocytogenes

Food Poisoning Bulletin

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling Earth Greens salad because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The product is Earth Greens brand Organic Italian Blend Salad. It’s a product of the USA, sold in a 198 gram plastic clamshell package, with UPC number 8 18431 00107 3, Best Before Date of 2012 JL 13, and lot code 2217915MI.

The salad was distributed in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Labrador, Ontario, and Nunavut. There have not been any reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.

RASFF – Euro Alerts – Salmonella/Listeria/Aflatoxins/Moulds

RASFF – Salmonella in Beefbugers in France sourced in Ireland.

RASFF – Listeria in Meat Spread in Poland

RASFF – Aflatoxin in instant cereals in the UK sourced in Nigeria.

Denmark – Moulds in Mayonnaise