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UK – Listeria outbreak 2018 sees Sainsbury’s recall more frozen vegetables

Posted on August 31, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Hull Daily Mail

Sainsbury’s has recalled a huge selection of its frozen vegetables range  as the fight against Listeria rages on.

The major supermarket is asking its customers to not eat the items, but instead return packs to their nearest store where they will get a full refund.

The chain has issued an urgent recall for five types of frozen vegetables amid fears they may contain potentially deadly Listeria.

Product details are:

  • Product code: 7148693
    Product description: by Sainsbury’s Carrots, Broccoli & Sweetcorn Microwaveable Steam Bags 4 x 135 g
    Best-before date: All date codes
  • Product code: 1368420
    Product description: by Sainsbury’s Mixed Vegetables 1 kg
    Best-before date: All date codes
  • Product code: 1372670
    Product description: by Sainsbury’s Mixed Special Vegetables 1 kg
    Best-before date: All date codes
  • Product code: 7148706
    Product description: by Sainsbury’s White Rice, Broccoli, Sweetcorn & Peas Microwaveable Steam Bags 4 x 135 g
    Best-before date: All date codes
  • Product code: 6921659
    Product description: basics Mixed Vegetables 1 kg
    Best-before date: All date codes

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Europe – Greenyard Frozen to restart production at site linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

Posted on August 28, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

The Hungarian frozen vegetable factory believed to be the source of a Listeria outbreak that sickened 54 people in six countries, killing 10 of them, is set to restart production.

Following shutdown and cleaning, all tests at the Baja production site were negative for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, according to a statement from Greenyard Frozen, which is part of the multinational Greenyard Group.

The follow-up tests were performed by the company with external experts including Campden BRI and confirmed by the Hungarian authorities’ own analysis.

Greenyard did not give a restart date but said it would be in the short term with more information being released in coming weeks. Company officials previously said they decided to stop production to do an in-depth review and would not restart or release the freezing lines until they found and eliminated the root cause of the Listeria contamination.

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India – Minor dies in Pub-Panery food poisoning case of Udalguri

Posted on August 27, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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In a latest development in the food poisoning case where over 50 people including women and children were admitted to the Panery Subsidiary Health Centre in Udalguri district of Assam on August 18 last, one Jinti Kalita, aged eight years and a Class-III student of Pub Paneri HS School who was undergoing treatment died on August 21 at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).

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South Africa – 216 Dead with 1,060 with Listeria in South Africa – People still getting sick from Polony

Posted on August 3, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Food Poison Journal

NICD updated this Listeria Outbreak at the end of July.  Of note, the numbers of ill have continued to drop following the recall of Tiger Brands Enterprise Foods polony in March. However, it appears that some of the “recalled” product is still being consumed.

1,060 laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported from 01 January 2017 to 17 July 2018. The number of new cases reported each week has decreased since the implicated products were recalled on 04 March 2018 with no new cases of listeriosis reported during the week prior to release of this sitrep (Figure 1). Neonates ≤28 days of age are the most affected age group (42%, 443/1 060), followed by adults aged 15 – 49 years of age (32%, 334/1 060) – Figure 2. Most cases have been reported from Gauteng Province (58%, 614/1 060), followed by Western Cape (13%, 136/1 060) and KwaZulu-Natal (8%, 83/1 060) provinces (Table 1). Final outcome (i.e. death or discharge) is known for 76% (806/1 060) of total cases to date; 27% (216/806) with known outcome died.

 

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France -French firm allowed to restart cheese sales from site linked to E. coli outbreak

Posted on August 1, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

French officials have allowed a dairy company to resume operations at a site linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak earlier this year.

The dairy, Chabert, was permitted to restart the marketing of raw milk reblochon cheese from its site in Cruseilles, a town in the Haute-Savoie department of the country, last week.

Fifteen children aged 1 to 5 years old from across France were infected with E. coli O26 between February and May. Laboratory tests confirmed 12 were affected by one strain of E. coli O26. Eleven of the infected children developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). One child died.

HUS is not common in France with between 100 and 160 cases being reported each year. Young children, the elderly, pregnant women and others with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable to HUS, a life-threatening disease characterized by acute renal failure and low blood platelets.

Of the other three children, two were infected with an E. coli O26 strain different from that of the other 12 and for one child no strain could be isolated.

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Nigeria -NAFDAC Seizes 3,300kg of Banned Frozen Vegetables – DG – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on July 31, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it had seized 3,300 kilogrammes of PINGUIN brand of frozen mixed vegetables across the country.

The Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday.

Ms. Adeyeye explained that she was informed on July 11 by Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FSAN) that Rapid Alert System on Food and Feed (RASFF) had confirmed that the compromised food (frozen mixed vegetables) was shipped to Nigeria.

She said that her agency immediately gave a directive for a nation-wide surveillance and NAFDAC’s FSAN directorate went into action and confirmed that some of the implicated products actually arrived Nigeria.

“Teams dispatched to the field found large quantities of the implicated products and placed them on HOLD. Placing on HOLD means the item cannot be distributed or sold.

“The outbreak of Listeriosis in Europe was linked to frozen corn and other frozen mixed vegetables.

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UK – UPDATED: Greenyard Frozen UK Ltd recalls various frozen vegetable products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on July 23, 2018 by | Leave a comment

FSA

Greenyard Frozen UK Ltd has taken the precautionary step of voluntarily recalling various frozen vegetable products because they might contain Listeria monocytogenes. Best before dates for the Waitrose product listed below have been updated and the barcode information for the Aldi product added to update information included in FSA-PRIN-35-2018-Update-1.

Product details

Waitrose Essential Supersweet Sweetcorn
Pack size E1kg
Batch code All
Best before Aug 2018 Oct 2019 Nov 2019
Aldi Frozen Four Seasons Mixed Vegetables
Pack size All
Batch code Products with barcode 25466638 only
Best before All codes to Jan 2020

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RASFF Alerts – Consumer recall of frozen corn – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on July 20, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF -consumer recall of frozen corn from Spain in relation to a multi-country foodborne outbreak in the Netherlands

RASFF-consumer recall of frozen corn from France in relation to a multi-country foodborne outbreak in the Netherlands

 

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Information – 107 countries received frozen vegetables recalled for Listeria

Posted on July 19, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

The U.S. and Canada are among more than 100 countries potentially affected by a recall of frozen vegetables due to Listeria monocytogenes. An outbreak traced to the vegetables from Greenyard Frozen has sickened 47 people in five European countries. Nine people have died.

Greenyard, a producer of fresh, frozen and prepared fruits and vegetables linked to the outbreak, has estimated the cost of the recall at $35 million (€30 million). Company officials said that includes costs for the product, transportation, handling, storage, destruction, subcontracting, lower cost absorption of the factory, and loss of margin. The company is insured for recall costs and possible product liability damages.

Due to the scale of the situation, the European Commission and the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN), which is managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization, are involved.

A spokesman for INFOSAN said 107 countries and territories received implicated products.

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UAE – Some frozen food products ordered off UAE shelves over deadly bacteria – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on July 17, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Khaleej Times 

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The UAE has withdrawn frozen fruits and vegetables of European origin produced by Greenyard over fears they could contain a deadly bacteria. According to a top official from the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE), the decision is based on a warning issued by European Union countries regarding listeria-contaminated Greenyard frozen vegetables and fruit products, which have even resulted in deaths.

Listeria is a harmful bacteria that thrives in ready-to-eat foods that can cause serious food poisoning. The ministry has urged consumers to return or discard the items on the list as they may pose “serious health hazards, especially to the elderly, pregnant women and people suffering from immune deficiency”.

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