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Canada – Recalls – Salmonella – Mycotoxin – Clostridium botulinum

CFIA – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Wonder Berry North America are warning the public not to consume certain baby cereal products described below because they may contain mycotoxin HT-2.

There has been one reported illness associated with the consumption of these products. The affected products have been distributed in Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec.

The importer, Wonder Berry North America, Toronto, Ontario, is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.

CFIA – The public  warning issued on June 24, 2013 has been updated to include additional  product, importer, and distribution information.

The Canadian Food Inspection  Agency (CFIA) and UNFI Canada Inc. are warning the public not to consume the  Prince brand Tahini products described below because they may be contaminated  with Salmonella.

The following Prince brand  products, product of Israel, are affected by the recall. There have been no reported  illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

The importer, UNFI Canada Inc.,  Concord, ON, is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the  marketplace.  The CFIA is monitoring the  effectiveness of the recall.

CFIA – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)  and Overwaitea Food Group are warning the public not to consume the Prince  brand Tahini described below because it may be contaminated with Salmonella.

The following Prince brand product, product of Israel, is affected by the recall. There have been no reported  illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

The distributor, Overwaitea  Food Group, Langley, BC, is voluntarily recalling the affected product from the  marketplace.  The CFIA is monitoring the  effectiveness of the recall.

The CFIA is  working with Canadian importers to have these products removed from the  marketplace

CFIA – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Ratinaud French Cuisine are warning the public not to consume certain Charcuterie Ratinaud French Cuisine brand Confit Tomatoes because they may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. Toxins produced by these bacteria may cause botulism, a life-threatening illness.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.

The manufacturer, Ratinaud French Cusine, Halifax, NS, is voluntarily recalling the affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.

UK – Curry Leaves cause Salmonella Outbreak 400 People

The Guardian

Uncooked curry leaves in a chutney left more than 400 people who ate at a street food festival with diarrhoea and vomiting or salmonella poisoning, health officials have found.

The leaves were contaminated with several different bacteria, experts found, which led to 29 confirmed cases of salmonella at the Street Spice festival in Newcastle in February and March.

An investigation by Public Health England (PHE) and Newcastle city council found 25 of the 29 cases had developed a strain of salmonella never found in people or food in Britain before.

According to an official report, further laboratory analysis suggested other organisms may also have caused illness including E coli and shigella.

Some of the 413 affected were found to have more than one of these infections at the same time.

No one will face prosecution because there was seen to be a lack of clear advice about the dangers of using raw curry leaves in recipes, and in general hygiene levels at the three-day event were good.

Netherlands- May Put Limits on Campylobacter on Chicken

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A report from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands states that the Dutch government “intends to limit the level of Campylobacter bacteria on chicken meat, a so-called process hygiene criterion.” That means that if higher levels of the bacteria are found repeatedly in a particular slaughterhouse, that facility will need to evaluate their processing hygiene. The government has been focusing on “farm to fork” hygiene, looking at everything from slaughterhouse conditions to consumer food preparation standards.

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella

RASFF – Salmonella Mbandaka (presence /25g) in organic soybean cake from Italy, via Germany in Austria
RASFF – Salmonella Derby (presence /25g) in organic soybean cake from China, via the Netherlands in Austria
RASFF – Salmonella Havana (presence /25g) in soaya bean meal from the Netherlands in Finland
RASFF – Salmonella in frozen chicken meat from Brazil in Spain

RASFF – Salmonella in frozen chicken meat from Brazil in Spain
RASFF – Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen poultry meat preparation from Brazil in The Netherlands
RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen poultry meat preparation from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF Alerts – Listeria – Raw Milk – Salmonella – Poultry – Aflatoxin – Maize

RASFF -Listeria monocytogenes (200 000 CFU/g) in raw milk cheese from France

RASFF – Salmonella enteritidis (presence /25g) in chilled poultry carcases manufactured in Poland, with raw material from Slovakia

RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in frozen poultry meat from Brazil in Spain

RASFF – Aflatoxins (Tot. = 44.3 µg/kg – ppb) in maize from Spain

RASFF – Aflatoxins (Tot. = 96.1 / Tot. = 28.1 / Tot. = 42.9 µg/kg – ppb) in maize from Bulgaria in Germany

 

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Whole Egg – Guar Meal – Soybean Meal

RASFF -Salmonella Kentucky (presence /25g) in whole egg powder from Romania in Germany

RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in roasted guar meal from India in Cyprus

RASFF – Salmonella Mbandaka in GM soybean meal from Germany, via Switzerland in Finland

 

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Pizzles – Fish Meal – Poultry

RASFF -Salmonella Newport (presence /25g) in dried pizzles from India in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in fish meal from Morocco in Poland

RASFF – Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen poultry meat (Gallus gallus) from Brazil in Spain

RASFF Alerts – Histamine – Canned Tuna – Listeria monocytogenes – Raw Milk Cheese – Staph Toxin in Tuna

RASFF -Histamine (1524 mg/kg – ppm) in cannned tuna in olive oil from Spain in Italy

RASFF -Listeria monocytogenes (100 CFU/g) in chilled raw milk cheese from France

RASFF – Staphylococcal enterotoxin (presence /25g) in chilled tuna from Suriname, via the Netherlands in Sweden

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Listeria monocytogenes – Peanuts – Smoked Trout

RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 9.22; Tot. = 12.54 µg/kg – ppb) in blanched peanuts kernels from China in Romania

RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (<10 CFU/g) in chilled smoked trout from Spain in France

RASFF Alerts – Hepatitis A Oysters and Berries- ASP in Scallops- Enterococci in Dessciated Coconut

RASFF – Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) toxins in chilled scallops from France

RASFF – Hepatitis A virus in chilled oysters from France and the Netherlands

RASFF – Hepatitis A virus in frozen berry mix from Italy, with raw material from Bulgaria in Italy

RASFF – Faecal streptococci (17000 CFU/g) in desiccated coconut from Indonesia, via Malaysia in Italy