Category Archives: Food Micro Blog

RASFF Alert – Campylobacter – Polish Chicken

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Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. in chicken elements from Poland in France

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RASFF Alert- Mold/Mould – Dragon Fruit

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Visible mold on Vietnamese Dragon fruit in the Netherlands

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RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Polish Chicken Products – Betel Leaves -Brazilian Chicken Products – Chicken Thigh Fillet – Chilled and Frozen Turkey Products – Organic Tahini- Beef Tartar Sausage

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Salmonella enteritidis in frozen raw chicken fillets from Poland in France

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Salmonella spp. in chicken thigh fillet with skin from Romania in Hungary

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Salmonella in betel leaves from India in France

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Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen marinated chicken breast fillets from Brazil in the Netherlands

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Salmonella present in 25g in chicken meat preparation in the Netherlands

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Salmonella Enteritidis (in 25 g in 1 of 5 samples) in chicken fillet from Poland in the UK

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Salmonella in chicken meat preparation from Brazil in the Netherlands

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Salmonella Typhimurium in chilled and frozen turkey meat products from Hungary in Romania and Slovakia

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Salmonella spp. in chilled chicken breast from Poland in France

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Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. in chicken elements from Poland in France

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Salmonella Infantis (in 3 out of 5 samples) in fresh fillets of broiler chickens from Poland in Lithuania

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Salmonella Enteritidis in chilled chicken breast from Poland in the Czech Republic

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Salmonella Montevideo in organic tahini from Germany, made with raw material from Turkey in  Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Türkiye

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Salmonella in Tartar raw beef sausage from Poland in the UK, Ireland and Netherlands

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RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes – Dry Sausage – Cheese – Cooked and Peeled Shrimp in Brine- Chilled Wheat Pancakes

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Detection of Listeria monocytogenes on cheese from France in Belgium

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Listeria monocytogenes in chilled cooked and peeled shrimps in brine (Pandalus borealis) from Denmark in Italy

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Listeria detected in chilled wheat pancakes from France in Portugal

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Listeria monocytogenes in dry sausages from France in Belgium

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RASFF Alerts – Norovirus – French Oysters

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Suspicion of norovirus in oysters from France  in Sweden

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Norovirus in oysters from France in Italy

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RASFF Alert – Animal Feed- Aflatoxin – Sunflower Seeds

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Aflatoxin B1 in sunflower seeds from Egypt in Spain

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Posted in Animal Feed, Animal Feed Mould Toxin, Animal Feed Testing, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology Blog, microbial contamination, Microbial growth, Microbiological Risk Assessment, Microbiology, Microbiology Investigations, Microbiology Risk, RASFF

RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Pet Food – Corn Grain – Soybean Cakes

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Salmonella (O:4 present /25g) in corn grain from Ukraine in Poland

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Salmonella (O:4 present /25g) in soybean cakes from Ukraine in Poland

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Salmonella in pet food from India in Spain

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USA – FDA Core Investigation Table Update

Posted on March 30, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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What’s New

  • A new outbreak of Salmonella Infantis (ref #1141) linked to a not yet identified product has been added to the table. FDA has initiated traceback. This investigation is ongoing and additional information will be provided as it becomes available.
  • For the Salmonella Hartford outbreak in a not yet identified food, the case count has increased from 50 to 53 cases.
Date
Posted		 Ref Pathogen
or
Cause of
Illness		 Product(s)
Linked to
Illnesses
(if any)		 Total
Case
Count
Status
3/29/2023 1141 Salmonella Infantis Not Yet
Identified		 12 Active
3/8/2023 1144 Salmonella Hartford Not Yet
Identified		 53 Active
3/1/2023 1143 Hepatitis A Virus Frozen Organic
Strawberries		 See
Outbreak
Advisory		 Active
2/15/2023 1123 Listeria
monocytogenes		 Not Yet
Identified		 See
CDC
Investigation
Notice		 Active
11/9/2022 1127 Listeria
monocytogenes		 Enoki
Mushrooms		 See
Outbreak
Advisory		 Active

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Singapore – Recall of Eu Yan Sang’s Brown Rice Si Shen powder due to aflatoxin and arsenic exceeding permissible levels

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The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has detected aflatoxin B1 and arsenic in samples of Eu Yan Sang’s Brown Rice Si Shen powder at levels exceeding the maximum limit stated in the Singapore Food Regulations.2 SFA has directed the manufacturer, Eu Yan Sang (Singapore) Pte Ltd, to recall two affected batches of the product.

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has detected aflatoxin B1 and arsenic in samples of Eu Yan Sang’s Brown Rice Si Shen powder at levels exceeding the maximum limit stated in the Singapore Food Regulations.

2 SFA has directed the manufacturer, Eu Yan Sang (Singapore) Pte Ltd, to recall two affected batches of the product.

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USA – Stewart Parnell looks for better Habeas in Atlanta than he just had in Mid-Georgia – Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on March 29, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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A decade after his indictment and a year after United States Magistrate Judge Thomas Q. Langstaff denied his petition for early release, one-time peanut butter mogul Stewart Parnell still has one more card to play.

Parnell, 68, has 15 years to run on his sentence imposed after a 2014 jury conviction for numerous federal felonies associated with the deadly 2008-09 multistate Salmonella outbreak traced to his Peanut Corporation of America peanut processing facility in Blakely, GA. He is serving his time at the federal correctional facility at Hazelton, WV.

Parnell begins this year with a new appeal of his Habeas corpus petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th U.S. Circuit in Atlanta. A Habeas petition claims unlawful detention or imprisonment because of constitutional infractions. It can open cell doors,

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