Leasa Industries Inc. of Florida is recalling 433 cases of alfalfa sprouts because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.
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Routine customer sampling revealed the presence of Salmonella in the product. The company is voluntarily recalling the product. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the consumption of this product.
An outbreak of Hepatitis E has killed at least 12 people and left 4,089 others unwell, officials in the western Indian state of Maharashtra said.
The outbreak happened in Ichalkaranji, a city of 300,000 people.
“The cause of the outbreak is contaminated water from the Panchganga river,” Dr LS Patil, a senior government doctor in the region, said.
Four Longford children have been hospitalised after a recent outbreak of E.coli in two Co Longford creches.
Over the past six weeks there have been two outbreaks of verotoxin producing the E.coli infection in Co Longford, which predominantly affected young children. Four children who were hospitalised have since been discharged home. As a precautionary measure, two crèches were closed for a period of time but both have since re-opened.
It is understood the Department of Public Health carried out screening of all other children who attended the same crèches as the children affected. This is in accordance with the national guidelines on the management of these infections.
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Euphoria Fancy Food Inc. at 149-151 2nd Ave. Brooklyn NY 11215 is recalling DRIED BREAM discovered by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Inspectors during a routine inspection and subsequent analysis of product by Food Laboratory personnel confirming that the fish was not properly eviscerated prior to processing.
This product may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum spores, which can cause Botulism, a serious and potentially fatal food-borne illness.
The sale of this type of fish is prohibited under New York State Agriculture and Markets regulations because Clostridium botulinum spores are more likely to be concentrated in the viscera than any other portion of the fish. Uneviscerated fish has been linked to outbreaks of botulism poisoning. Symptoms of botulism include blurred or double vision, general weakness, poor reflexes, difficulty in swallowing and respiratory paralysis.
The recalled DRIED BREAM comes in an un-coded, 7.5 ounce vacuum packed plastic bag and was sold nationwide. The UPC number is 7 930042 250954. It is a product of Russia.
No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem. Consumers who have DRIED BREAM are advised not to eat it, but should return it to the place of purchase. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 718-768-3400.
Abstract :
Purpose – Business malpractice in supply chains raises food safety risks for downstream buyers including consumers. This paper analyses the multiplicity of behavioural factors influencing producers’ motivation to intentionally violate food safety norms.
Design/methodology/approach – We review existing disciplinary approaches for the analysis of behavioural risks. Based on this review, an analytical framework is developed which provides a base for an interdisciplinary institutional analysis of behavioural risks in food chains.
Findings – The reviewed approaches on behavioural risk share the view that deviance is the result of multi-goal and (potentially) opportunistic decision-making of bounded rational individuals. The analytical framework presented in this paper integrates these approaches.
Research limitations/implications – The analytical framework provides a rough categorization of behavioural drivers. It neither details the context-dependent subcomponents which determine the utility outcome within each category nor the methods that should be used to analyse them.
Originality/value – A behavioural economic analysis based on the framework means opening up the black box of the regulatees’ action situation by incorporating the subjectively perceived material incentives in addition to immaterial motivations such as reputation effects, social norms and community pressure into the analysis. Based on an understanding of producers’ motivation, proper institutional solutions can be implemented to enhance producers’ compliance with food safety norms.
Posted in Eurofins Laboratories, Food Safety, Microbiology, Research, Technology
There has been a trickle of cases throughout the week, although it was only last Friday when health officials confirmed that this was an outbreak of Salmonellosis.
About 30 patients who had moderate gastroenteritis being treated by emergency centres in La Union and Cartagena, had a common feature in addition to their condition: they had been guests at the popular bar Mining Union.
RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes in Organic Camembert from Denmark
China Post – E.coli in beverages and frozen foods in Taipei
Hong Kong – STEC case in hospital source unknown.
3M’s Food Safety business has launched a fast, accurate and easy-to-use pathogen detection system.
The new 3M™ Molecular Detection System, based on an innovative combination of two technologies – isothermal DNA amplification and ATP bioluminescence detection – delivers highly sensitive results in real-time with positive results in as early as 15 minutes and negative results in 75 minutes.
With ready-made reagents and only one test protocol for all target pathogens, the system is easy to use, allows for multiple pathogen detection during each run and reduces the chance for human error or contamination. Individual assays for Salmonella, E. coli O157 (including H7) and Listeria spp are currently available.
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The Oneida County Department of Health has announced that there have been six confirmed cases of Cryptosporidium and that the Oneida County Health Department is currently investigating the origin of the outbreak.
Officials are looking into the possibility of the outbreak stemming from the recent Farmfest event, but caution that no direct causal link has yet been determined.
Cryptosporidium is a microscopic parasite that causes the intestinal illness and that it is usually a self-limiting illness with watery diarrhoea as the most common symptom. Average incubation is one to 12 days.
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