Category Archives: Food Hygiene

USA – Revolution Farms recalls salads due to Listeria

Food Poison Journal

Revolution Farms of Caledonia, Michigan is voluntarily recalling the listed products packed between 3/3/23 and 3/11/23, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

No illnesses have been reported to date.

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Popcorn – Shelled Pistachios- Groundnuts

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Aflatoxin in popcorn in  Denmark, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Sweden

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aflatoxins beyond the permitted limits in shelled pistachios from Iran in Italy

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Aflatoxin in groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxin in Indian groundnuts in the Netherlands and Switzerland

RASFF Alert- Mycotoxin – Ochratoxin A – Cereal Bars for Children

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Ochratoxin A in cereal bars for children from Italy in Finland

RASFF Alert – Mycotoxin – Ergot Alkaloids – Rye Flour

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Ergot alkaloids in wholemeal rye flour from Spain in Andorra

RASFF Alert- Mycotoxin – Fumonisins – Corn Snack

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Fumonisins in corn snack for children  from Finland in the Netherlands

RASFF Alert- Vibrio parahaemolyticus – Shrimps

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Presence of vibrio parahaemolyticus in frozen aquaculture shrimps from Ecuador in Greece

RASFF Alert- E.coli – Clams

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Too high count of Escherichia coli (4800 /100g) in live clams from the Netherlands in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia

RASFF Alerts -Norovirus – Oysters

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Norovirus in oysters from France in Belgium

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Norovirus in oysters from France in Belgium

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Norovirus in oysters from Ireland via the Netherlands in Belgium

RASFF Alert – Mycotoxins – Dried Figs

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Mycotoxins (total aflatoxins, tenuazonic acid) in dried figs from Türkiye in France and Germany

RASFF Alerts – STEC E.coli – Fresh Tarragon – American Fillet – Goat Cheese

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STEC STX 1 and eae, E coli in tarragon fresh from Israel in the Netherlands and Poland

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STEC in fillet american from Belgium in the Netherlands

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Detection of shigatoxin producing E. coli in goat cheese from France in Belgium