Category Archives: Food Micro Blog

France – PANACHE TRAY – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name GRILLO PARTY
  • Model names or references PANACHE TRAY
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3700502704495 22297-5349 Use-by date 01/11/2022
  • Products ListTRAY.pdfAttachment
  • Marketing start/end date From 24/10/2022 to 01/11/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 13.097.003 EC
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors CARNIVOR
  • List of points of saleLIST_TRAY.pdf

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Presence of Listeria
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

France – MERGUEZ X6 – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name GRILLO PARTY
  • Model names or references MERGUEZ X6
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3700502793901 22297-5383 Use-by date 01/11/2022
  • Products ListList_merguez_x6.pdfAttachment
  • Packaging 300g tray
  • Marketing start/end date From 24/10/2022 to 01/11/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 13.097.003 EC
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors CARNIVOR MARITIMA CARREFOUR MARKET TOULON
  • List of points of saleLIST_MERGUEZ_X6.pdf

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall presence of listeria
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

France – SALMON PAVE raised in Norway – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Fishery and aquaculture products
  • Product brand name UNBRANDED
  • Model names or references packaged fresh salmon fillet
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    0245429000000 All gtins beginning with 0245429 are affected by this recall Use-by date 22/10/2022
  • Packaging packaged in a tray
  • Marketing start/end date From 19/10/2022 to 22/10/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Further information product marketed from 19.10.22 to 22.10.22
  • Geographic area of ​​saleLECLERC RIVERY
  • Distributors LECLERC RIVERY

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall presence of listeria
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

France – SLICED CHICKEN CREAM MORELS – Salmonella

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name E.LECLERC ROQUES
  • Model names or references SLICED CHICKEN CREAM MORELS
  • Identification of products
    Batch Date
    Manufactured on 19/10/2022 Use-by date 23/10/2022
  • Packaging Sold in bulk at the traditional department
  • Marketing start/end date From 19/10/2022 to 22/10/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Further informationSold in the TRADITIONAL BUTCHER section of the E.LECLERC ROQUES store between 10/19 and 10/22/2022
  • Geographic area of ​​saleE.LECLERC ROQUES store
  • DistributorsE.LECLERC ROQUES store

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Presence of salmonella
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Salmonella spp (causative agent of salmonellosis)

Research – Barry Callebaut takes $77 million hit in Salmonella incident

Food Safety News

A Salmonella contamination incident cost candy producer Barry Callebaut $77 million, according to the company’s full-year results.

The impact of the problem was CHF 76.9 million Swiss Francs ($77.3 million) in the fiscal year 2021/22, which ended on Aug. 31, 2022.

The Salmonella incident at the Wieze factory in Belgium and temporary production stoppage, followed by a gradual ramp-up toward the end of the fiscal year, had a “notable impact” on volume and profit in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa region. There was a loss because operations were paused at the factory.

As of October, cleaning of the factory was nearing completion and it began operating again at normal capacity after production was stopped in late June.

Ireland – Recall of a Batch of Nam Meo Black Fungus Nature’s Best Harvest due to Presence of Salmonella

FSAI

Black Fungus

Summary
Category 1: For Action
Alert Notification: 2022.66
Product: Nam Meo Black Fungus Nature’s Best Harvest; pack size: 100g
Batch Code: best before date: 10/10/2023
Country Of Origin: Viet Nam

Message:

The above batch of Nam Meo Black Fungus Nature’s Best Harvest is being recalled due to the presence of Salmonella.

Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.

Nature Of Danger:

People infected with Salmonella typically develop symptoms between 12 and 36 hours after infection, but this can range between 6 and 72 hours.  The most common symptom is diarrhoea, which can sometimes be bloody.  Other symptoms may include fever, headache and abdominal cramps.  The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days. Diarrhoea can occasionally be severe enough to require hospital admission. The elderly, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are more likely to have a severe illness.

Action Required:

Manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, caterers & retailers:

Retailers are requested to remove the implicated batch from sale and display recall notices at point of sale.

Consumers:

Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batch.

Research – Jif Salmonella outbreak much larger than reported by CDC

EFOOD ALERT

In the weeks and months following the May 20, 2022, recall of Jif peanut butter products, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received more than 200 reports from consumers complaining of illness after consuming the recalled products.

This information was supplied to eFoodAlert by the FDA in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

In comparison, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported just twenty-one confirmed cases of Salmonella Senftenberg linked to consumption of Jif peanut butter.

It is usual for an outbreak of foodborne illness to be significantly larger than indicated by CDC statistics. Indeed, the CDC reminded the public of this in its investigation report, saying, “The true number of sick people in this outbreak was likely much higher than the number reported. This is because many people recover without medical care and are not tested for Salmonella.”

Research – The number affected in the Italian Listeria outbreak climbs to 90; three dead

Food Safety News

At least 90 people have been affected and three have died in a major Listeria outbreak in Italy.

The Ministry of Health (Ministero della Salute) said the most recent patient was reported in mid-September.

Deaths occurred in December 2021 and March and June 2022 in Lombardy, Piedmont, and Emilia Romagna. The patients were immunocompromised or particularly vulnerable to infection. One woman lost her baby in the outbreak.

Patients live in Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Liguria, Umbria, Tuscany, Calabria, Lazio, Puglia, Valle D’Aosta and Abruzzo.

France – Nestlé ‘found E. coli in flour at Buitoni pizza factory in 2021’

 

Just Food

Nestlé reportedly found E. coli in flour at the Buitoni pizza factory in France linked to a fatal outbreak this year back in August 2021.

French TV programme Envoyé Spécial has claimed an internal document shows the bacteria was picked up in flour at the Caudry site seven months before the Swiss giant recalled almost 1m pizzas and halted production.

Around fifty children fell sick, cases that have been linked to eating Buitoni Fraîch’Up pizzas. Two children died.

USA – Norovirus Sickened 173 at D. C. Cobb’s Restaurant in Illinois

Food Poisoning Bulletin

Eurofins

A norovirus outbreak sickened 173 people at D. C. Cobb’s restaurant in McHenry, Illinois in August 2022, according to an investigation by the McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH). Two of those patients were hospitalized. The last time this investigation was updated was on September 16, 2022, when it was reported that 16 people were sick after eating at that restaurant. The restaurant is located at 1204 North Green Street in McHenry.