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USA – Outbreak Investigation of Cyclospora Illnesses Linked to Imported Fresh Basil, July 2019

Posted on October 1, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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September 30, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local partners, have been investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora illnesses linked to fresh basil exported by Siga Logistics de RL de CV located in Morelos, Mexico.

FDA’s traceback investigation confirmed that the fresh basil available at points of sale where some consumers became ill was exported to the United States by Siga Logistics de RL de CV located in Morelos, Mexico. FDA continues its investigational activities.

Siga Logistics de RL de CV recalled potentially affected basil on July 24, 2019. The firm has been cooperative with the investigation, ceasing production and distribution of the product.

According to the CDC, this outbreak appears to be over.

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Dubai – Dubai restaurant closed after 15 people suffer food poisoning

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MENAFN

An American restaurant located at Jumeirah Mall has been shut down recently by the Dubai Municipality following reports of food poisoning.

According to health inspectors, the cause of the incident was the use of raw eggs in making the sauce for breakfast dishes.

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China -168 kindergarteners hit by possible Salmonella

Posted on September 30, 2019 by | Leave a comment

NCTY News

Doctors in Kunming, Southwest China‘s Yunnan Province join an exercise of emergent school food safety incidents with students. Photo: VCG

A total of 168 children were sent to hospital with possible Salmonella food poisoning in Dongguan, Guangdong Province prompting health authorities to shut down a kindergarten on Monday for two days.

One hundred and three people, including 99 children, remained in hospitals in the city and neighboring Shenzhen, according to statements released by the Dongguan Health Bureau.

Nobody died or was critically ill as of Sunday midnight, the bureau said.

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Spain -Owners of food company responsible for Spain’s worst ever listeriosis outbreak arrested for manslaughter

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ELPAIS

The owners of the food company responsible for the worst-ever listeriosis outbreak in Spain were arrested on Wednesday for manslaughter. Since August, the outbreak has killed three people, caused seven miscarriages, and infected more than 200 people. The source of the bacterial infection was traced to a Seville-based company called Magrudis, which sold a contaminated pork loin product called carne mechada under the brand name La Mechá. Three more products produced by the company also tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

The owners of Magrudis, José Antonio Marín Pince and his two children Sandro and Mario, have been accused, to different degrees, of involuntary manslaughter, crimes against health and causing injury to a fetus.

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Sweden – Cherry tomatoes may be lined to Salmonella outbreaks in Sweden

Posted on September 30, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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SVT reports people have been sick with diarrhea between August 29 and September 14 with Salmonella Typhimurium. Anders Enocksson, infection prevention consultant at Region Halland.

In all, 11 counties are affected. Most cases are in Halland together with Dalarna, Jönköping and Västra Götaland, which P4 Halland was the first to tell . The infected are in all age groups, but just over half are 60 years or older. There are slightly more women than men.

The source of infection is not yet known, but there is suspicion of tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes.

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USA – Whole Genome Sequencing Solves Cake Mix Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on September 29, 2019 by | Leave a comment

Food Poisoning Bulletin

For the first time, whole genome sequencing solved a Salmonella outbreak associated with cake mix, according to a study published in the Center For Disease Control and Prevention’s Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report. This cake mix Salmonella outbreak was associated with Duncan Hines products.

Whole Genome Sequencing Solves Cake Mix Salmonella Outbreak

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Dubai – Dubai closes restaurant after Salmonella outbreak poisons 15 people

Posted on September 27, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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The Food Safety Department (FSD) ordered the outlet to close and held its chef and person-in-charge (PIC) of food safety responsible for the infection that caused the outbreak, the municipality told Gulf News.

The FSD has downgraded the food safety rating of the outlet and revoked its PIC certificate.

The American food outlet in a Jumeirah mall will be under close monitoring for the next six months and will only be allowed to reopen after taking precautionary safety measures.

The 15 poisoned diners, including a child, were hospitalised with symptoms such as diarrohea, fever and vomiting.

The FSD team traced the infection to raw eggs used in hollandaise sauce, officials said.

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USA – Outbreak of Listeria Infections Linked to Deli-Sliced Meats and Cheeses Final Update

Posted on September 27, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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Final Outbreak Information
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At A Glance

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  • As of September 26, 2019, this investigation is over.
  • 10 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria were reported from 4 states.
    • All 10 were hospitalized, and 1 death was reported from Michigan.
  • Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicated that various meats and cheeses sliced at deli counters might have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and made people sick.
  • In interviews, ill people reported eating different types and brands of meats and cheeses purchased from and sliced at deli counters in different retail locations.
  • The outbreak strain was identified in samples taken from meat sliced at a deli and from deli counters in multiple stores.
  • The investigation did not identify a single, common supplier of deli products.
  • This outbreak is a reminder that deli products, such as sliced meats and cheeses, can have Listeria bacteria. People who are at higher risk for Listeria infection should avoid eating hot dogs, lunch meats, cold cuts, or other deli meats, unless they are heated to an internal temperature of 165°F or until steaming hot just before serving.

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Research – Belgian Salmonella outbreak traced to tartare sauce

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Food Safety News

 

A Salmonella outbreak that sickened almost 200 people at a Belgian school was likely caused by eggs used to make a tartare sauce, according to authorities.

The Agency for Care and Health (Zorg en Gezondheid) and Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) investigation detected Salmonella in the freshly prepared tartare sauce. Findings from an online survey of students and teachers also reached the same conclusion on the source.

The Agency for Care and Health had previously received information about a number of students from the school complaining of gastrointestinal illness.

Since Sept. 14, no new cases of illness have been reported so the Spermalie Hotel and Tourism School in Bruges has been allowed to resume normal operation.

About 200 students and teachers from the school became ill from Sept. 6 onward. Laboratory analyses of stool samples revealed students and teachers had been affected by Salmonella.

 

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Latvia – Sigulda Regional Council turns to State Police regarding Salmonella outbreak at local kindergartens

Posted on September 27, 2019 by | Leave a comment

The Baltic Times

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RIGA – The Sigulda Regional Council turned to the State Police (VP) about the infection of four kindergarten children with salmonella, Sindija Brikmane, deputy head of the Public Relations Department of Sigulda Municipality, informed LETA.

Investigating the causes of the disease, the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC) has received information from a laboratory that four children from local kindergartens in Sigulda Region have been diagnosed with the salmonella bacterium.

The CDPC explains that the symptoms of Salmonella-related diseases are nausea, vomiting, seizures, diarrhea, fever, headaches.

A spokeswoman for the municipality said all four children had not been attending kindergarten for a week, but the CDPC said the infection could have occurred at different times, beginning on September 7. The children are currently undergoing medical treatment under the supervision of a family doctor.

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