A $14 million settlement has been reached in lawsuits filed by more than 40 people who claimed they or their loved ones were exposed to a deadly viral outbreak while dining at two Famous Anthony’s restaurants.
Details of the agreement — reached on behalf of four patrons who died and others who were sickened when an employee unknowingly spread hepatitis A — became public during a hearing late Thursday in Roanoke’s federal court
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SARASOTA — The estate of a 79-year-old Illinois woman who died after eating listeria-tainted ice cream from a Sarasota creamery was awarded $4 million by a U.S. District Court judge in Tampa this week.
The ruling came Tuesday in the wrongful death suit filed last year by Bill Marler, a nationally known foodborne illness attorney who represented the estate of Mary Billman. Marler was retained following Billman’s death on Jan. 29, 2022, and the listeria outbreak identified by federal and state regulators last summer that gained national attention.
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Two Salmonella outbreaks were linked to dried sausages produced around the same time by one company in France, according to a study.
The outbreaks affected 44 people who consumed dried pork sausages contaminated by two different types of Salmonella.
Salmonella Bovismorbificans infected a total of 33 people from September to November 2020 and 11 patients with monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium from October to December 2020.
Epidemiological investigations by Santé publique France linked the outbreaks to dried pork sausages from the manufacturer France Salaison produced between September and November 2020. Three recalls of dried pork products were issued in November, affecting eight supermarkets.
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The number of food incidents, recalls and cases of four pathogens went up over a 12-month period, according to the latest published data.
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) annual report and accounts covers performance and activities in 2021/22 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland at a cost of £130.5 million ($160.2 million).
In 2021, cases of Campylobacter and Listeria reported in the UK returned to pre-COVID-19 levels but Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157 stayed lower than pre-pandemic figures. Data for all four pathogens showed an increase compared to more than 49,000 Campylobacter, 566 E. coli, 4,442 Salmonella and 136 Listeria cases in 2020.
A series of related Salmonella outbreaks in 2020 and 2021 were linked to breaded chicken products from Poland and affected more than 1,000 people.
Nine emerging risks were identified including Listeria in enoki mushrooms from Asia which had a 90 percent non-compliance rate.
Food, animal feed and environmental contamination incidents went up by almost 20 percent to 2,336. Pathogenic microorganisms were the leading cause of incidents, allergens were second and pesticide residues third, driven by the Europe-wide incident relating to non-permitted ethylene oxide in sesame products and items containing locust bean gum.
Notifications published in 2021/22 rose to 150 from 136 in the previous period. This included 84 allergy alerts and 66 product recall information notices.
Foodborne disease made up 17 percent of FSA spend on research and evidence programs. PATH-SAFE, a £19 million ($23.5 million) project was started to look at novel methods to improve foodborne disease and antimicrobial resistance surveillance.
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QUEBEC CITY , Jan. 26, 2023 /CNW Telbec/ – The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ), in collaboration with the Food Inspection Division of the City of Montreal and the company Val-Mont, located at 3930, rue Ontario Est, in Montreal, advises the public not to consume the product indicated in the table below, because its safety is no longer assured. Indeed, the company did not respect the preservation requirements of the manufacturer.
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Product name |
Format |
Affected lot |
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“Smoked Steelhead Salmon” |
70g |
Units sold until January 25, 2023 |
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Listeria Monocytogenes in leverkaas from Belgium in the Netherlands and Spain
Listeria monocytogenes in goat cheese from Croatia in Austria
Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Norway via Germany in Poland and the Netherlands
Listeria monocytogenes in vegan organic cheese and foie gras alternative from France in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and the UK
Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes in vegan cheese alternatives from France in Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Sweden.
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Exceedance of limit values for aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in dried organic figs from Turkey in Turkey, Malta, Slovenia, Romania, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia
Aflatoxin B1 and Total in Pistachio nuts from Turkey in Romania and the Netherlands
Aflatoxin in Brazilian groundnuts in Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine
Aflatoxins beyond the maximum permitted limits in Pistachios in shell from Iran in Italy
Aflatoxins in dried figs from Turkey in Sweden
Aflatoxins in soy chunks from India, via the Netherlands in Germany
Aflatoxins in cracked nutmegs from Indonesia in Germany
Aflatoxins in shelled pistachios from the USA, via Turkey in Italy and Romania
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Staphylococcus aureus in pasta from Italy in Germany
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Contaminated oysters (NOVOVIRUS) from France in Italy
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Mould in protein snack from Finland in Poland and Spain
