Category Archives: Food Microbiology Blog

Research – Scientists develop “rapid” Salmonella detector

New Food Magazine

A team of researchers have been working on a device that they claim can detect the presence of salmonella in food.

According to the team, the device is an “easy-to-use” colorimetric assay that is based on a novel nucleic acid probe, cleaved by an RNase enzyme specific to the salmonella species. The researchers have said that this specific enzymatic cleavage principle “made it possible to build a sensitive but simple and portable test system using colloidal gold”.

France – SPECIAL HALAL MERGUEZ SANDWICH – Salmonella

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name Unbranded
  • Model names or references SPECIAL HALAL MERGUEZ SANDWICH 80/90gr NATURAL CASING
  • Identification of products
    Batch Date
    970/231290016 Use-by date 05/27/2023
  • Packaging Tray
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 35.353.003 EC
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors METRO

France – HALAL MERGUEZ 2.5kg – Salmonella

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name Unbranded
  • Model names or references HALAL MERGUEZ 2.5kg
  • Identification of products
    Batch Date
    970/231290016 Use-by date 05/27/2023
  • Packaging Tray
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 35.353.003 EC
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors PROMOCASH

France – SLICED SMOKED CHICKEN FILLET 2*500G – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name METRO CHEF
  • Model names or references SLICED SMOKED CHICKEN FILLET 2*500G METRO CHEF
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3439496303710 4703377406 Use-by date 05/17/2023
  • Marketing start/end date From 04/25/2023 to 05/17/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark FR 56 222 002 CE
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors METRO France

France – CHICKEN CHICKEN SIZE – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Prepared meals and snacks
  • Product brand name UNBRANDED
  • Model names or references CHICKEN CHICKEN SIZE
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3469162751149 23135 Use-by date 06/01/2023
  • Packaging 2 kilo trays unpacked to be sold in bulk at the customer’s request
  • Marketing start/end date From 05/16/2023 to 05/22/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 80.561.009 CE
  • Further information PRODUCTS SOLD IN ANIMATION STAND
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors CARREFOUR LECLERC CASINO SYSTEM U Intermarché

France – Scallops without coral from Canada MSC frozen – FRANPRIX – 300g – Salmonella

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Fishery and aquaculture products
  • Product brand name FRANPRIX
  • Model names or references Scallops without coral from Canada MSC frozen – FRANPRIX – 300g
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3263856638613 22172676 Date of minimum durability 31/08/2024
  • Packaging300g bag
  • Marketing start/end date Since 12/12/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to keep in the freezer
  • Health mark FR 76 351 092 CE
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors FRANPRIX

France – Pig Snout – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name CLERMONT
  • Model names or references 5 slices of pork snout
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3363710005305 1300135875 Use-by date 08/06/2023
  • Packaging Tray under protective atmosphere
  • Marketing start/end date From 05/15/2023 to 05/22/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 35.152.002 CE
  • Geographic area of ​​saleWhole France
  • Distributors U, intermarché, leclerc, city of rennes, crossroads
  • List of points of saleTraça_avale_5875.pdf

France – Organic arugula – Salmonella

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Fruits and vegetables
  • Product brand name Saint-Eloi
  • Model names or references Organic Rocket Saint Eloi 100g
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3250392615536 43294874 032 XX:XX (all time codes) Use-by date 05/15/2023
  • Marketing start/end date From 05/05/2023 to 16/05/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors Intermarché

Research – Austria reveals results showing pathogens in raw milk and meat

Food Safety News

Recent controls in Austria have found Campylobacter in raw milk, Salmonella in chicken, and Hepatitis E in raw pork liver.

Earlier this year, a campaign checked raw milk from vending machines for germs and residues of cleaning agents.

The Austria Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) said that raw milk could contain pathogens despite hygiene measures during milking. The advice is to boil it before drinking. For products sold directly to consumers via vending machines or in the farm shop, the note: “Raw milk, boil before consumption” must be present.

Sixty samples from across Austria were examined and 23 were rejected. Overall, 21 did not comply because the total bacterial count was too high. One sample was contaminated with Campylobacter. Two samples were non-compliant because of a lack of information on the vending machine about boiling the product.

Raw milk from vending machines had been examined for microbiological quality in two previous campaigns in 2017 and 2020. In these actions, milk from 112 different farms was checked. Samples from 40 companies were non-compliant, including five firms on two occasions.

Aremenia – 16 children with food poisoning ate boiled eggs, yogurt soup, pea soup, pasta pilaf in Armenia kindergarten

NEWS AM

At 10:30pm Thursday, the Ararat provincial center of the Food Safety Inspection Body (FSIB) of Armenia received a verbal report from the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention that six children, aged 3 to 4 years old, attending a nursery kindergarten in Artashat city were transferred to the Artashat hospital, with signs of food poisoning, FSIB noted in a statement.

One child was taken to Muratsan hospital in Yerevan.

But as of 10:30am Friday, the number of kids from the aforesaid kindergarten who were hospitalized had reached 16, and two of them are in the infectious disease ward.

The children are in satisfactory condition.

Initial diagnosis was unverified food poisoning and vomiting.

Samples were taken from the food on Thursday’s menu (boiled eggs, yogurt soup, pea soup, pasta pilaf) of this kindergarten. The samples have been submitted for lab tests, and the respective results will be announced later.