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USA – Organic Brown Rice Flour has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

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Product Details

Product Description: Firebird Artisan Mills Gluten Free Organic Brown Rice Flour, Net Wt: 50 lb / 22.7 kg. 500 North St W., Harvey, ND 58341

Reason for Recall: Organic Brown Rice Flour has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

Product Quantity: 31,300 lbs. (626 – 50 lb. bags)

Recall Number: F-0767-2021

Code Information: Lot #: F21-00198 Best By: 04-19-2022

Classification: Class II

Event Details

Event ID: 88093

Voluntary / Mandated:

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Product Type: Food

Initial Firm Notification of Consignee or Public: Telephone

Status: Ongoing

Distribution Pattern: CA, IA, IL, NY

Recalling Firm:

FO-ND, LLC. (dba Firebird Artisan Mills)
500 North St W
Harvey, ND 58341-1012
United States

Recall Initiation Date: 6/8/2021

Center Classification Date: 7/7/2021

Date Terminated:

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USA – FDA Enforcement Report – Firm testing found trace levels of yeast in the product. Further investigation found the presence of Candida pelliculosa.

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Product Details

Product Description:

Yakult Nonfat Probiotic Drink; Live and active Lactobacillus casei Shitota; 2.7 FL. OZ. (80 mL), 5 individual bottles per pack, 10 packs per case. Bottle UPC: 4520 8812 5 pack UPC: 6 99235 00100 7 Ingredients: Water, Sugar, Nonfat Milk, Glucose, Natural Flavors, Lactobacillus Casei Shirota.

Reason for Recall:

Firm testing found trace levels of yeast in the product. Further investigation found the presence of Candida pelliculosa.

Product Quantity: 16,073 cases

Recall Number: F-0771-2021

Code Information: Lot code 0601ST03; Best if used by Jul 07 and Jul 08, 2021

Classification: Class II

Event Details

Event ID: 88204

Voluntary / Mandated: Voluntary: Firm initiated

Product Type: Food

Initial Firm Notification of Consignee or Public: Letter

Status: Ongoing

Distribution Pattern: CA, MD, VA, WI, NC, NY, GA, FL, WA

Recalling Firm:

Yakult U.S.A. Inc.
17235 Newhope St Bldg B
Fountain Valley, CA 92708-4274
United States

Recall Initiation Date: 6/26/2021

Center Classification Date: 7/8/2021

Date Terminated:

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USA – Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella Typhimurium: BrightFarms Sunny Crunch Salad (July 2021) – Salmonella

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FDA

The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to the consumption of BrightFarms Sunny Crunch Salad produced in the firm’s Rochelle, IL facility.

The FDA is working with BrightFarms to determine if there are additional products that could have been affected. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.

Recommendation

Consumers, restaurants, and retailers should not eat, sell, or serve BrightFarms Sunny Crunch Salad produced in Rochelle, IL. Sunny Crunch salads are packaged in a plastic clamshell container labeled as “fresh from Rochelle, IL.” According to the firm, these products were distributed in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana.

Consumers, restaurants, retailers, and distributors should check their refrigerators and throw away any of the products identified above.

If you purchased or used these products, you should use extra vigilance in cleaning and sanitizing any surfaces that may have come in contact with the product, to reduce the risk of cross contamination.

FDA recommends that anyone who has symptoms of salmonellosis contact their healthcare provider.

Investigation Background

Although it is early in the investigation, epidemiological and traceback evidence from sick people indicate that this outbreak is linked to BrightFarms Sunny Crunch Salad produced in Rochelle, IL. Interview data and shopper card records show that five people ate or bought BrightFarms brand Sunny Crunch salad before they got sick. FDA conducted a traceback investigation and identified the farm in Rochelle, IL, as the likely source of the BrightFarms brand Sunny Crunch salad bought by people who became ill.

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Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella Typhimurium in BrightFarms Sunny Crunch Salad - Product Image (July 15, 2021)

Case Count Map Provided by CDC

Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella Typhimurium in BrightFarms Sunny Crunch Salad Case Count Map

Case Counts

Total Illnesses: 8
Hospitalizations: 0
Deaths: 0
Last Illness Onset: June 15, 2021
States with Cases: IL (5), WI (3)
Product Distribution*: IL, WI, IA, IN
*Distribution has been confirmed for states listed, but product could have been distributed further, reaching additional states

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USA – CDC announces 208 confirmed Cyclospora cases with no clear common source

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Food Poison Journal

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As of July 13, 2021, 208 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis in people who had no history of international travel during the 14-day period before illness onset have been reported to CDC by 23 jurisdictions, including 22 states and New York City.

The median illness onset date is June 17, 2021 (range: May 1, 2021–July 3, 2021).

At least 21 people have been hospitalized; no deaths have been reported.

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Belgium – “toasted watermelon seeds” – grilled watermelon seeds (200g) from the NIK brand – Aflatoxin

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AFSCA

Product: “toasted watermelon seeds” – grilled watermelon seeds (200g) from the NIK brand.
Problem: too high aflatoxin content.

The AFSCA is today recalling consumers of the product “toasted watermelon seeds” – roasted watermelon seeds (200g) of the NIK brand.

This recall follows a notification via the RASFF system (European Food and Feed Rapid Alert System) due to a too high aflatoxin content.
It was therefore decided to withdraw this product from sale and to recall it to consumers.

The AFSCA asks not to consume this product and to bring it back to the point of sale where it was purchased.

Product description: Product

name: “toasted watermelon seeds”
roasted watermelon seeds
Brand: NIK
Expiration date (DDM): 11/02/2023
Weight: 200g

This product was sold through the following outlets:

Afghania, 8400 Ostende, Torhoutsesteenweg 241
Exoticworld, 3000 Louvain, Brusselsestraat 139
Persianshop, 1090 Bruxelles, Avenue de Jette 358

For any further information , you can contact the AFSCA contact point for consumers: 0800 / 13.550 or pointdecontact@afsca.be .

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Sweden – Sesame seed products Alburj Tahina, Alburj Halwa and Sedi Hisham Tahina withdrawn – may be contaminated with Salmonella

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Livsmedelsverket

The sesame seed products Alburj Tahina, and Alburj Halwa and Sedi Hisham Tahina come from Syria and have been imported to Sweden by several companies in the country that are now withdrawing these products.

Salmonella has been detected in the following products:

Tahina Alburj, 400g, production date 06/2020, best before date 11/2021.
Tahina Alburj, 400g, production date 03/2020, best before date 08/2021.
Halwa Alburj extra pistachio 800 g, production date 08/2020, best before date 01/20/2022.
Halwa Alburj, 800 g, production date 08/2020, best before date 01/2022.
Halwa Alburj, Pistachio 400 g, production date 07/2020, best before date 12/2021.
Halwa Alburj, Extra Pistachio 400 g, production date 07/2020, best before date 06/2021.
Tahina, Sedi Hisham, production date 11/02/2021, best before date 10/02/2022.

The measures are based on detected salmonella in samples taken at the food control.

What should consumers, restaurants and retailers do?

Do not eat, sell or serve the affected products or foods that include these products, such as hummus. Even if some of the products have been eaten and no one got sick, do not eat them.
Return all affected tahini or halwa products to the store or discard them.
Contact the environmental and health protection office or equivalent in your municipality if you think you have become ill from eating the affected tahini or halwa products.

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