Category Archives: Food Hygiene

Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Various Gordon Choice brand frozen, diced chicken products recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

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Ottawa, October 10, 2019 – The food recall warning issued on October 9, 2019 has been updated to include additional product and distribution information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Gordon Food Service is recalling various Gordon Choice brand frozen, diced chicken products from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described in the link above. If you have received the recalled products and have further transformed or repackaged them, you are advised to contact the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

Ongoing investigation

See complete list of recalled products associated with this ongoing investigation.

Imported diced chicken has been associated with an outbreak investigation, however, at this time, there have been no confirmed illnesses associated with the products identified in this Food Recall Warning.

USA – Secondary Listeria Recalls Issued For Tip Top Chicken Products

Food Poisoning Bulletin

A number of secondary recalls for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination have been made for consumer products made with Tip Top frozen diced cooked ready-to-eat chicken. That company recalled its products that were made between January 21, 2019 and September 24, 2019. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with any of these recalls. See the list at the link above.

USA – Mrs. Stratton’s Recalls Chicken and Tuna Salads For Possible Listeria monocytogenes

Food Poisoning Bulletin

Mrs. Stratton’s is recalling some chicken and tuna salad products in response to the Tip Top Poultry precooked chicken recall for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. No reports of illness have been received to date in connection with this issue.

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Ochratoxin A – Chilli Powder – Roasted Pistachios – Groundnut Kernels – Dried Figs

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RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 11.67; Tot. = 12.47 µg/kg – ppb) and ochratoxin A (63.1 µg/kg – ppb) in chili powder from Sri Lanka in Poland

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 13.8; Tot. = 14.8 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted pistachios in shell from Turkey in Germany

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 12.7; Tot. = 15.2 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from the United States in the UK

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 15.2; Tot. = 28.9 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Slovenia

RASFF Alert – Foodborne Outbreak -Listeria monocytogenes – Cold Meat (Charcuterie)

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RASFF – foodborne outbreak caused by Listeria monocytogenes in cold meat (charcuterie), sliced and pre-packed from the Netherlands in the Netherlands

RASFF Alert – Food Poisoning – Norovirus – Frozen Wedge Clams

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RASFF – food poisoning suspected to be caused by norovirus GII in frozen wedge clams (Donax trunculus) from Turkey in Spain

RASFF Alert – Mould – Blanched Groundnut Kernels

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RASFF – blanched groundnut kernels from Argentina infested with moulds in Hungary

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Chilled Chicken Meat – Chilled Poultry Meat – Marinated Chicken Wings – Salad

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RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium monophasic (1 ,4, [5], 12:i:-) (present /25g) in chilled chicken meat from Belgium in Belgium

RASFF – Salmonella (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in chilled poultry meat from Poland in Poland

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Infantis (present /25g) in marinated chicken wings from Lithuania, with raw material from Poland in Lithuania

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in salad from the Netherlands in the Netherlands

RASFF Alerts – E.coli – Live Clams – Betel Leaves

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RASFF – high count of Escherichia coli (up to 3500 MPN/100g) in live clams (Venus Gallina) from Italy in Italy

RASFF – high count of Escherichia coli (up to 9.2 x 10² CFU/g) in betel leaves from Malaysia in the UK

RASFF Alert – Campylobacter – Frozen Turkey Meat

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RASFF – Campylobacter jejuni (present /10g) in frozen turkey meat from Poland in Poland