Category Archives: Food Hygiene

RASFF Alert – Vibrio parahaemolyticus – Raw Shrimps

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RASFF-Vibrio parahaemolyticus (TDH; TRH /25g) in frozen whole raw shrimps from Vietnam in France

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USA – Multidrug-resistant raw turkey Salmonella outbreak: 90 ill in 26 states

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Federal and state health officials who are investigating a multistate outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella linked to a variety of raw turkey products and based on detection in live birds are warning that the strain might be widespread in the turkey industry.

So far, 90 infections from Salmonella Reading have been reported in 26 states, according to an announcement today from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Salmonella outbreaks have been linked to turkey products in the past, especially ground turkey. In 2011 a Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to ground turkey sickened at least 136 people in 34 states. The same year, a Salmonella Hadar outbreak linked to turkey burgers resulted in at least 12 infections in 10 states. The strains in both outbreaks were resistant to several antibiotics.

The federal government doesn’t classify Salmonella as an adulterant in meat, but food safety groups have called for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to classify certain antibiotic-resistant strains as adulterants.

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RASFF Alert -STEC E.coli – Raw Milk Cheese

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RASFF-shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (O26:H11 stx+, eae+ /25g) in raw milk cheese from France in France

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RASFF Alerts – Consumer recall of frozen corn – Listeria monocytogenes

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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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RASFF Alert – foodborne outbreak caused by Salmonella in frozen vacuum-packed pork tenderloins

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RASFF-foodborne outbreak caused by Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium (in 2 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen vacuum-packed pork tenderloins from Spain, via the Czech Republic in Slovakia

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USA – Florida company recalls 3 tons of ground beef for E. coli risk

Posted on July 19, 2018 by | Leave a comment

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Operators of institutional kitchens in Florida are being urged to check their refrigerators and freezers for fresh and frozen raw ground beef products because the producer found E. coli in the meat.

Win Opportunity Knocks, doing business as Ottomanelli Wholesale Meats Inc. in St. Petersburg, FL, reported the ground beef products could be contaminated with three different E. coli serotypes, O45, O130 and O145, according to a recall notice posted July 18.

The notice on the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS website, did not indicate what type of institutions received the recalled beef. The notice also did not say whether there have been any reported or confirmed illnesses in relation to the recalled products.

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USA- Mrs. Freshley’s Bread Recalled Over Salmonella

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Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO) is voluntarily recalling Mrs. Freshley’s and other brands Of Swiss Rolls and Captain John Derst’s Old Fashioned Bread due to the potential presence of Salmonella in an ingredient, whey powder. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the recalled items, the company noted.

The recalled products sold under the brand names Mrs. Freshley’s, Food Lion, H-E-B, Baker’s Treat, Market Square, and Great Value  were distributed nationwide, and Captain John Derst’s Old Fashioned Bread was distributed in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

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USA – Utah Family Linked to Kellogg’s Salmonella Outbreak

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KRON report that a Utah couple says their 5-month-old son is the state’s only known person infected with salmonella in a nationwide outbreak tied to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal–and they are struggling to comprehend how it happened.

Andy Lyons and his parents visited relatives that had the cereal at their house.

Nobody else, though, has experienced symptoms since, and they don’t get how their child became sick.

They’re not sure how he got it since he doesn’t even eat solid food yet.

But doctors say his salmonella is linked to the honey smacks outbreak.

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Information – 107 countries received frozen vegetables recalled for Listeria

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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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India – 8 People Hospitalised In UP’s Shamli For Suspected Food Poisoning

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After drinking cold drinks from a local shop, they complained of headache, vomiting and stomach disorder following which they were shifted to district hospital.

Eight members of a family, including two children, were admitted to a hospital for suspected food poisoning at a village in Shamli district, the police said today.

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