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Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Feeding Change brand Young Thai Coconut Meat recalled due to Salmonella

Posted on May 2, 2019 by | Leave a comment

CFIA Feeding Change - Young Thai Coconut Meat

Recall details

Ottawa, May 1, 2019 – The food recall warning issued on April 14, 2019 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

FeedingChange Canada is recalling Feeding Change brand Young Thai Coconut Meat from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.

Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
Feeding Change Young Thai Coconut Meat 454 g Best By : JUN 01 2020
CM 152181A
Best By : JUN 13 2020
CM 164181A
Best By : JUN 14 2020
CM 165181A
Best By : JUN 18 2020
CM 169181A		 0 91037 12927 7

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French Cheese – STEC E.coli 026 – Germany and Canada

Posted on May 1, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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Canada is one of a number of countries that has received raw milk cheese linked to an outbreak of E. coli O26 in France.

French authorities reported 13 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in young children since March 21. HUS is a severe complication of E. coli infection that causes kidney failure and can occur a week or more after the onset of diarrhea.

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Two types of French cheese have been recalled in Germany over fears they could be contaminated with E.coli O26, just a few days after a similar scare in France, the German food safety authority announced on Tuesday.

French cheesemaker, Fromagerie Alpine, has been asked to recall its cheeses Saint-Felicien and Saint-Marcellin, sold in Germany under the name “Xavier David, tradition of good cheese, Alpine”, the authority said.

The decision was a precaution over concerns the brands could have been contaminated with the bacteria E.coli type 026, commonly found in the intestines of humans, livestock and other animals.

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Canada – Le Pic brand “Saint-Félicien” cheese recalled due to E. coli O26

Posted on April 30, 2019 by | Leave a comment

CFIA Le Pic - Saint-Félicien

Recall details

Ottawa, April 29, 2019 – La Fromagerie Hamel is recalling Le Pic brand “Saint-Félicien” cheese from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O26 contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.

Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
Le Pic Saint-Félicien 180 g All codes up to and including April 29, 2019 0 20060641300 0

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USA – E. coli O26 outbreak associated with Sodexo’s Café Mario sickens 22

Posted on April 30, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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Public Health investigated an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) associated with I Love Sushi and Café Mario at Nintendo of America campus in Redmond. Café Mario is operated by Sodexo and is not open to the public. I Love Sushi is a food establishment that operates out of Café Mario once a week.

This outbreak appears to be over. After a thorough investigation, we do not have enough evidence to connect I Love Sushi to this outbreak.. No single food item prepared by Café Mario has been identified as the source of the illnesses. Everyone who reported illness has recovered.

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Cambodia – Students sent to hospital over food poisoning

Posted on April 30, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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The Banteay Meanchey provincial health department yesterday said nearly 40 students at the O’Ambel Primary School in Serey Sophorn city fell sick during a roadshow held by Angkormilk.

Che Pichet, deputy director of the health department, said the incident happened on Friday as dairy company Angkormilk held a roadshow at the school and distributed milk to small children.

Mr Pichet said 33 students experienced headaches, vomiting and stomachaches, causing a panic and trips to state and private hospitals.

“The condition of those young children is currently better. They returned home on Friday and Saturday,” he said. “We are doing more research on what caused the poisoning. We took samples of the milk for testing at the national laboratory, but the result is still unknown.”

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Information – Annual snapshot of foodborne illnesses shows Cyclospora spike

Posted on April 29, 2019 by | Leave a comment

CIDRAP Cyclospora_LifeCycle201

In its annual report summing up the latest trends with pathogens that are common sources of foodborne illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that the incidence of most illnesses increased in 2018, especially Cyclospora infections.

A team from the CDC and partners in 10 states that are part of the FoodNet surveillance network looked at levels for 2018 and compared them with levels for 2015 through 2017. The pathogens they tracked included Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia. They published their findings today in the latest edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

In preliminary findings for 2018, the FoodNet system flagged 25,606 infections, 5,893 hospitalizations, and 120 deaths. They note that the incidence for most infections is rising, including Campylobacter and Salmonella. However, they added an important caveat that some of the increase might be partly due to the increased use of culture-independent diagnostic tests (CIDTs), which can identify pathogens not regularly found by other testing methods — complicating data interpretation.

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USA – 53,200 and 113,424 pounds of raw ground beef products recalled in E. coli O103 Outbreak – more recalls likely

Posted on April 29, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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As of this week, a total of 156 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O103 have been reported from 10 states – Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida.

To date there have been two recalls.  Link between two producers of meat and the recalls remain unclear (How are the two connected?  Presumably a common supplier?) except that both recalls were prompted by positive E. coli O103 tests on “Unopened, intact, packages of ground beef collected as part of the ongoing investigation tested positive for E. coli O103 at an FSIS laboratory.”

It is likely that more recalls will happen as FSIS, CDC and state health authorities continue their efforts to find the source.

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What we know is that illnesses began March 1 and it is now almost May 1 – why did it take so long to figure out that 177 people with E. coli O103 were linked to ground beef? Why do we do not yet know the original source of the contamination?  Why is the public not being told the location where known illnesses occurred? Finally, are more people going to get sick?

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Canada – 73 with Salmonella Enteritidis in Canada linked to Profiteroles and Eclairs – 2 Dead

Posted on April 29, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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Frozen profiteroles and mini eclairs sold in grocery stores are the apparent sources of two deaths among at least 73 lab-confirmed cases of Salmonella Enteritidis infections in Canada as of April 27, 2019, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

The outbreak, which was first announced on April 5, 2019, has spread to six Canadian provinces: British Columbia (27), Alberta (12), Saskatchewan (9), Manitoba (10), Ontario (13) and Quebec (2).

The outbreak began in early November 2018 and remains ongoing, with the most recent case having been reported in late March 2019. Outbreak victims range in age between 1 and 88 years of age.

PHAC has not determined whether or not Salmonella was a contributing factor in either of the deaths. Nineteen outbreak victims have been hospitalized.

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Canada – Ecoideas brand Organic Skinned Tigernuts recalled due to Salmonella

Posted on April 29, 2019 by | Leave a comment

CFIA Skinned Tigernuts 227 g label - fback

Recall details

Ottawa, April 26, 2019 – Ecoideas is recalling Ecoideas brand Organic Skinned Tigernuts from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

The following products have been sold in Ontario and Quebec as well as through internet sales.

Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
Ecoideas Organic Skinned Tigernuts 227 g 84919101
Best By 013121		 8 75405 00284 9
Ecoideas Organic Skinned Tigernuts 454 g 85619101
Best By 013121		 8 75405 00285 6

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Canada – Food Recall Warning – Certain Celebrate brand frozen profiteroles and eclairs recalled due to Salmonella

Posted on April 29, 2019 by | Leave a comment

CFIA Classic Foodservice Profiteroles - front

Recall details

Ottawa, April 26, 2019 – Retail Resource Services Inc. is recalling certain Celebrate brand frozen profiteroles and eclairs from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
Celebrate Mini Chocolate Eclairs 365 g All codes 8 858762 720047
Celebrate Classical Profiteroles / Classic Profiteroles 325 g All codes 8 858762 720009
Celebrate Egg Nog Profiteroles 375 g All codes 8 858762 720016
Celebrate Classic Foodservice Profiteroles 4 kg All codes None
Celebrate Pineapple Foodservice Profiteroles 4 kg All codes None
Celebrate Coconut Foodservice Profiteroles 4 kg All codes None
Celebrate Passionfruit Foodservice Profiteroles 4 kg All codes None
Celebrate Mango Foodservice Profiteroles 4 kg All codes None

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