Onaventura Sales Co. A / S is recalling Mediterranean Bread Flatbread due to mold in the product. Updated 30.08.2021 with clarification of stores. Updated 02.09.2021 with new best before date
Recalled Foods , Published: August 27, 2021
Modified September 2, 2021
What food: Mediterranean Bread Flat Bread, Sesame & Black cumin Net weight: 400g EAN number: 5701920705109 Best before-dates: 9/13/2021 and 9/14/2021 Sold in: Net stores nationwide firm that recall: Bonaventura Sales Co. A / S, Islandsvej 10, 5700 Svendborg Cause: The company has established that there is a risk of mold in the product. Risk: Mold formation makes the product unfit for human consumption. Advice for consumers: The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration advises consumers to deliver the product back to the store where it was purchased or to discard it.
People who may have this product are asked not to consume it and to return it to the point of sale where it was purchased.
People who have consumed this product and who present with fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, are invited to consult their attending physician, notifying him of this consumption. Pregnant women should pay special attention to these symptoms, as well as immunocompromised people and the elderly. These symptoms may suggest listeriosis, a disease that can be serious and can take up to eight weeks to incubate.
FURTHER INFORMATION
▸ Model names or references LE BON PARIS A L’ETOUFFEE 6 slices
▸ Affected products
GTIN
Lot
Dated
7613035336100
1265084101
Use-by date 09/22/2021
▸ UVC packaging of 255g
▸ Start date / End of marketing From 08/25/2021 to 08/27/2021
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Jackson County Public Health is investigating an unusually high number of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) cases. Since August 8, 2021, 16 cases have been reported to Jackson County, and 12 (75%) of these cases have been hospitalized. Age range for cases is from 11 months to 65 years of age, with the median age being 23.5. Majority of the cases are in the teens and twenties. Of the total cases 62.5% are males.
Jackson County Public Health is working with the Oregon Health Authority on this outbreak investigation. “Right now, we do not have a definitive hypothesis on what the source of infection may be. The genome sequencing, performed at the state public health lab, has not matched any other cases in the state or nationally,” states Dr. Jim Shames, Health Officer for Jackson County Public Health. “Therefore, we continue to do in-depth interviews with those that have tested positive to help us identify a possible source of exposure.”
Jackson County Public Health is asking medical providers to be aware of the increases in STEC cases in Jackson County and collect and test stool specimens on patients suspected to have bacterial gastroenteritis. Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (including 0157, HUS, and other serogroups) are reportable infections to local and state public health.
