Federal health officials reported another cruise ship outbreak this week. According to officials, 91 passengers and crew onboard the Princess Cruises February 8–18, 2019 Island Princess voyage were stricken with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
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| Issue Date | 21.2.2019 |
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| Source of Information | Food Safety Centre, Macau |
| Food Product | Bottled salted egg paste |
| Product Name and Description | Product name: Salted Egg Paste
Brand: English name not available Place of origin: China Distributor: Un Chi Enterprise Development Company Net weight: 180 g per bottle Best-before date: October 25, 2019 |
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| Further Information | The CFS press release
Members of the public may call the distributor’s hotline at 2650 3802 during office hours for enquiries about the recall. |
JOD Food Products is recalling the above batch of its Old Irish Creamery Cheese Irish Cheddar with Chilli following detection of Listeria monocytogenes in the batch. This batch of cheese was sold at Cork City Craft Fair on 24th-26th November 2018. Samples were also available at the craft fair.
Symptoms of Listeria monocytogenes infection can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. In rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications, such as meningitis. Some people are more vulnerable to Listeria monocytogenes infections, including pregnant women, newborns, and people with weakened immune systems, including the elderly.
Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batch of cheese. Consumers who may have already consumed it and are feeling unwell should seek medical advice.
Authorities in Norway are investigating a Salmonella outbreak that has affected nine people.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) said the patients became ill in January and early February. They are aged from 2 to 91 years old. The agency is investigating with local authorities, the Veterinary Institute (Veterinærinstituttet) and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet).
Five men and four women have been confirmed infected with Salmonella Agbeni. They live in Oslo, Akershus, Buskerud, Rogaland and Vest-Agder. Bacteria with a similar DNA profile has been detected in all nine people, which strongly suggests a common source. Officials are interviewing patients and sampling food leftovers to find the infection vehicle.
Officials from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health said such investigations can be complicated and take time with no guarantee the source of infection will be found. They added it was too early to say whether it is a limited outbreak or whether additional patients will be identified.
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Salmonella and listeria bacteria have been found in another batch of kebab meat imported from Poland, Slovenia’s food safety authorities said on Friday, adding the meat in question will be removed from the Slovenian market.
The frozen meat was produced by Polish company Efes-pol Fedai Simsek Sp. z o.o. and distributed to Slovenia and Croatia by Slovenian distributor Alebon d.o.o., the Food Safety Administration said in a statement.
SA Health says a raw egg butter product is to blame for more than fifty people being struck down by the illness.
A Spanish judge has launched an investigation into the death of a woman who had eaten at a Michelin-starred restaurant now at the centre of a major food poisoning outbreak.
The 46-year-old woman, who has not been named, died in the early hours of Sunday after having a meal with her husband and son at the Riff restaurant in the eastern city of Valencia.
Regional health authorities say 30 people – including the woman, her husband and son – fell ill with food poisoning after eating at Riff between 13 and 16 February. The woman’s husband and son are recovering.
A judge in Valencia has opened an inquiry into the death and is awaiting the results of a postmortem and an analysis of samples taken from the restaurant.
The regional high court told the Europa Press news agency that no individuals were currently under investigation.
A woman has died and thousands of people are at risk of listeria infection after the bacteria was detected in food from a south-east Melbourne catering company that supplies food to hospitals, aged care homes and Meals on Wheels.
The catering service I Cook Foods has been shut down after the woman, who was aged in her 80s and from the eastern suburbs, died in Knox Private Hospital on February 4.
The woman contracted a listeria-related illness while in hospital after being admitted for an unrelated condition in late January, a health department spokesman said.
Six positive samples of listeria were found at the company’s Dandenong South kitchen during an investigation into the cause of the woman’s death over the past two weeks.
RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (up to 200 CFU/g) and Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen beef and turkey kebab meat from Poland, via Slovenia in Croatia
RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (in 2 out of 5 samples, up to 1900 CFU/g) in sweet gorgonzola cheese from Italy in Italy
RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (presence /25g) in chilled sausage from Poland in Poland
