RASFF -Campylobacter (between 400 and 17000 CFU/g) in chilled chicken thighs from Poland In Denmark
RASFF -Campylobacter jejuni (100 – 5.300 /g) in chilled whole chicken from Germany
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Category Archives: Food Hygiene
RASFF Alerts – DSP – Live Mussels
RASFF -Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) toxins – okadaic acid (203 µg/kg – ppb) in live mussels (Mytillus galloprovincialis) from Spain in Italy
RASFF -Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) toxins – okadaic acid (287 µg/kg – ppb) in live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain in Italy
RASFF -Diarrhoeic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) toxins – okadaic acid (494 µg/kg – ppb) in live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain in Italy
RASFF Animal Feed Alerts – Aflatoxin in Maize -Salmonella in Fish Meal and Soyabean
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 30.7 / B1 = 11.5 / B1 = 2.3 / B1 = <1 µg/kg – ppb) in maize from Hungary in Germany
RASFF -Salmonella (present /25g) in fish meal from South Africa in Spain
RASFF -Salmonella (1 out of 5 samples /25g) in soybean meal from Argentina in LAtvia
Posted in Aflatoxin, Bacteria, Food Hygiene, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Mycotoxin, Pet Food, RASFF, Recall
Tagged rasff, salmonella, Spain RASFF
Canada – CFIA – Updated Meat Recall E.coli O157 – Updated Salad Recall Listeria monocytogenes
– The public warning issued on October 8, 2013 has been updated to include an additional product.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Belmont Meats Ltd. (Est. 112) are warning the public not to consume the uncooked lean ground beef in the link above because it may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
This recall is the result of an ongoing food safety investigation initiated as a result of a recent outbreak investigation. There may be recalls of additional products or best before dates as the food safety investigation at this facility continues.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.
The manufacturer, Belmont Meats Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, is voluntarily recalling all affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
The public warning issued on October 5, 2013 has been updated to include an additional product.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Reser’s Fine Foods Inc. are warning the public not to consume certain Reser’s Fine Foods brand Cheesy Macaroni salad, in the link above, because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
This product has been distributed in Walmart stores.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.
The manufacturer, Reser’s Fine Foods Inc., Beaverton, Oregon, USA, is voluntarily recalling the affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
Posted in Bacteria, CFIA, E.coli O157, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Laboratory, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, Microbiology, Pathogen, Recall, Uncategorized
Tagged Belmont Meats Ltd., cfia, The Canadian Food Inspection Agency
UK- Public Health England New Food Web Link
We are pleased to inform you that the UK National Reference Laboratory for Food Microbiology has launched a webpage within Public Health England Food, Water and Environmental Microbiology Services, giving details of recent activities and events. Please click on this link PHE
Within our webpage you will see two published documents which are free to download as pdf copies:-
- “Audit of Official Control Laboratories capabilities and accreditation status in the UK 2013”
- “2012 – 2013 Report of UK National Reference Laboratory for Food Microbiology”
Posted in Bacteria, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Testing, HPA, Laboratory, Listeria monocytogenes, Microbiology, outbreak, Pathogen, Public Health England, Research
Tagged Environmental Microbiology Services, Public Health England Food, UK National Reference Laboratory, UK National Reference Laboratory for Food Microbiology
USA – USDA – Garden Fresh – Listeria monocytogenes – Costco – Salmonella
Garden Fresh Foods, a Milwaukee, WI. establishment, is recalling approximately 6,694 additional pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and ham products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The company is recalling these products in addition to the 19,054 pounds of similar products that were recalled on Sept. 25, 2013
Costco’s El Camino Real store in San Francisco, Calif., is recalling an additional 14,093 units of rotisserie chicken products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. This is in addition to the 9,043 units that were recalled on Oct. 12.
The products subject to recall are:
- 13,455 “Kirkland Signature Foster Farms” rotisserie chickens
- 638 total units of “Kirkland Farm” rotisserie chicken soup, rotisserie chicken leg quarters, and rotisserie chicken salad.
The products were sold directly to consumers in a Costco located at 1600 El Camino Real, South San Francisco, Calif., between Sept. 24 and Oct. 15, 2013.
Costco and the California Department of Public Health discovered through a follow up investigation to the previous recall that additional product should be recalled. No illnesses have been reported in association with the product being recalled today.
USA – USDA Q&A Sheet- Foster Farms – Salmonella Outbreak
Frequently Asked Questions – Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Chicken Products Produced at Three Foster Farms Facilities
Canada – Ground Beef Recall Update – E.coli O157
The public warning issued on October 11th, 2013 has been updated to include an additional product which was sold at only one Costco store location.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. are warning the public not to consume the Kirkland Signature brand Lean Ground Beef described in the link above because it may be contaminated with pathogenic E. coli bacteria.
This product has been sold from the Costco warehouse in Lethbridge, Alberta.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.
The retailer, Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, is voluntarily recalling the affected product from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall
Research – Campylobacter Thermal Survival
In Europe, Campylobacter is the leading reported cause of bacterial foodborne infectious disease. Quantifying its ability to survive at chilled and ambient temperatures and identifying the factors involved in variation in its survival may contribute to the development of efficient risk management strategies. A data set of 307 inactivation curves collected from the literature and the ComBase database, combined with 388 experimental curves, was analyzed with a log-linear model to obtain 695 D-values (time for 1 log inactivation). An additional 146 D-values collected from the literature or ComBase were added to the data set, for a total of 841 D-values. Because data were collected from different studies, the experimental conditions were somewhat heterogeneous (e.g., type of media or strain used). The full data set was then split into 19 different study types on which a meta-analysis was performed to determine the effect of temperature (range 0 to 42°C), Campylobacter species (C. coli and C. jejuni), and media (liquid media or meat matrix) on the survival ability of Campylobacter. A mixed-effects model, in which the study type and bacterial species were considered as random effects and the media and temperature as fixed effects, was run using a Bayesian approach. Overall, the model gave satisfactory results, with a residual standard deviation of 0.345 (the model response was the log D-value, expressed in days). In addition, the survival of Campylobacter was greater at 0 than at 42°C, with a log-linear pattern; the z-value (temperature to have a 10-fold decrease of D-value) was estimated to be 26.4°C (95 % interval: 23.9 to 29.4°C). Despite a significant media-species interaction term, it was established that both species were more resistant on the meat matrix than in liquid media. These results may be used to understand how Campylobacter can survive along the food chain, particularly in chilled environments, and consequently be transferred to other foodstuffs.
