Tesco is withdrawing the above batches of its Halloween Monkey Nuts due to the detection of elevated levels of aflatoxins. This product was supplied to stores for the Halloween Season 2019. The levels of aflatoxins detected exceed the maximum legal limit, however, health concerns are not expected from consuming the implicated batches.
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A minor boy died while his sister and grandmother are reported to have recovered after they consumed food at home which had turned bad. Ellavva of Hanuman Nagar in the district headquarters and her grandchildren were hospitalised after they ate some food prepared at home and took medicine from a local medical practitioner. Later, they were shifted to hospital. While Ravi died while being shifted to a hospital on Thursday evening, Ellavva and her granddaughter are being treated at the hospital and their health was reported to be stable.
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Food poisoning—any illness or disease that results from eating contaminated food—affects millions of Americans each year. While the American food supply is among the safest in the world, the Federal government estimates that there are about 48 million cases of foodborne illness annually—the equivalent of sickening 1 in 6 Americans each year. And each year these illnesses result in an estimated 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths.
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As many as 70 young children suffered food poisoning at an IMSS daycare in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on Tuesday.
They are believed to have taken ill after eating tainted panela cheese they were served at lunch at the daycare, operated by the Mexican health service.
Showing severe symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, the children ranging in age from a few months to 4 years old were taken to several IMSS clinics in the city but were later reported to be in stable condition.
Tainted panela cheese blamed for the outbreak.
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There was chaos at Chiang Mai hospitals yesterday when around 130 students were hospitalised with food poisoning. The grade 8 students from Montfort College in Chiang Mai had eaten lunch at the San Sai scout camp when they began showing symptoms of food poisoning, including diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramps.
There were an estimated 400 students at the camp: about 89 were taken to the local San Sai Hospital and another 50 taken to other Chiang Mai area hospitals. 30 doctors and nurses were dispatched to the camp in Mae Faek subdistrict of Chiang Mai’s San Sai to treat other students who did not require hospitalisation.
Details of the food poisoning remain unclear other than a boiled chicken dish with dipping sauce was served for the children’s lunch.
RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in chilled breaded Alaska pollock fillets (Theragra chalcogramma) from the Netherlands in Germany
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (4 out of 5 samples /25g) in back chicken quarters from Poland in Poland
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium monophasic (1 ,4, [5], 12:i:-) (presence /25g) in chilled turkey breast fillet from Poland, via Denmark in Finland
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Kentucky (presence /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Senftenberg (presence /25g) in processed fish maws from the Gambia in the UK
RASFF – aflatoxins (Tot. = 63 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from Argentina in Italy
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 12.2; Tot. = 14 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted peanuts from Italy, with raw material from China in Belgium
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 5.7; Tot. = 14.7 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in France
RASFF – aflatoxins (Tot. = 11.64 µg/kg – ppb) in ground hazelnuts from Turkey in Germany
RASFF – food poisoning suspected to be caused by cheese from the Netherlands in the Netherlands
RASFF – foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by live oysters from France in Italy
RASFF – foodborne outbreak caused by and norovirus in live oysters from France in Sweden
RASFF – norovirus (presence) in oysters (Crasosstrea gigas) from France in the Netherlands
RASFF – withdrawal of live bivalve molluscs harvested in France because of possible contamination with norovirus in France
RASFF – withdrawal of live bivalve molluscs harvested in France because of possible contamination with norovirus in Denmark
RASFF – withdrawal of live bivalve molluscs harvested in France because of possible contamination with norovirus in France
RASFF – withdrawal of cupped oysters (huitres creuses) harvested in France because of possible contamination with norovirus in the Netherlands
RASFF – norovirus in frozen oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from South Korea, via the Netherlands and via Sweden in Finland
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