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France – Capon Legs S/V x2 Halal – Listeria monocytogenes

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Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name Capon cutting
  • Model names or references Capon Legs S/V x2 Halal
  • Identification of products
    Batch Date
    0362011290 Use-by date 13/12/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors Subway

Practical information regarding the recall

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

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France – CAPON THIGHS 450-550 S/V x4 – Listeria monocytogenes

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Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name Capon cutting
  • Model names or references CHAPON THIGHS 450-550 S/V x4
  • Identification of products
    Batch Date
    0362011290 Use-by date 13/12/2022
    0362011369 Use-by date 13/12/2022
  • Packaging Under a vacuum
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors Metro / MAISON FARRET SAS / RAMPAL SAS

Practical information regarding the recall

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

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France – 2.5 KG SAUTE CAPON 40-60 S/V NC – Listeria monocytogenes

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Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name The Professional Gaul
  • Model names or references 2.5 KG SAUTE CAPON 40-60 S/V NC
  • Identification of products
    Lot Date
    0362011291 Use-by date 10/12/2022
    0362011368 Use-by date 10/12/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors GUILLOT-COBREDA / PALMIDOR

Practical information regarding the recall

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

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France – 2.5KG STE CAPON S/OS A/P 50-70 S/V – Listeria monocytogenes

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Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name The Professional Gaul
  • Model names or references 2.5KG STE CHAPON S/OS A/P 50-70 S/V
  • Identification of products
    Lot Date
    0362011538 Use-by date 14/12/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors GUILLOT-COBREDA

Practical information regarding the recall

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

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France – 2.5KG STE CAPON S/OS A/PS/V – Listeria monocytogenes

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Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name the Professional Gaul
  • Model names or references 2.5KG STE CHAPON S/OS A/PS/V
  • Identification of products
    Lot Date
    0362011368 Use-by date 14/12/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors Subway

Practical information regarding the recall

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

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France – SUPERIOR COOKED HAM WITH SKIN 2T 80g- Listeria monocytogenes

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Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name EXTRA CROSSROADS
  • Model names or references SUPERIOR COOKED HAM WITH SKIN 2T 80G – Pork without antibiotic treatment – CRF EXTRA
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3560071014513 1127870 Use-by date 02/01/2023
  • Packaging 80g TRAY – 2 SLICES
  • Marketing start/end date From 05/12/2022 to 16/12/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 14.752.020 EC
  • Further information BROCELIANDE SALAISONS VILLERS BOCAGE – Stamp: FR 14.752.020 CE
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors CROSSROADS

Practical information regarding the recall

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

 

 

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France – Nestlé allowed to restart pizza plant linked to deadly E. coli outbreak

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Food Safety News

Nestlé has been given permission to partially reopen a plant in France where pizzas behind a serious E. coli outbreak were made.

French officials from the Nord area of the country in the Hauts-de-France region gave the green light this past week for operations to restart at the Buitoni factory in Caudry.

Approval only applies to production of pizzas with cooked dough. The line making pizzas with no re-baking of dough, such as the Fraîch’Up range, will not restart yet.

Fraîch’Up frozen pizzas were the source of the largest E. coli-HUS outbreak ever documented in France. 

One element of the plan to restart has included the dismantling and cleaning of 19,000 parts on the production line.

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England – Differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on laboratory reporting of Norovirus and Campylobacter in England: A modelling approach

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CDC Campy

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted surveillance activities for multiple pathogens. Since March 2020, there was a decline in the number of reports of norovirus and Campylobacter recorded by England’s national laboratory surveillance system. The aim is to estimate and compare the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on norovirus and Campylobacter surveillance data in England.

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Denmark – Outbreak of invasive Listeria infection sequence type 7 in Denmark caused by fish meatballs

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SSI

Between mid-August and December 2022, the Statens Serum Institut has registered 11 cases of Listeria monocytogenes . The Statens Serum Institut, the Danish Food Agency and the Danish Food Institute DTU have investigated the disease outbreak and identified fish cakes as the source.

About the disease outbreak

Between mid-August and December 2022, the Statens Serum Institut registered 11 people who are infected with the same type of Listeria monocytogenes (figure 1). Among the sick are 4 men and 7 women. In relation to age, there is one child and 10 adults (median age is 77). The patients are infected throughout the country (table 1). Interviews with six patients showed that all had eaten fish cakes.

Number of cases of Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 7 in Denmark per week, 2022 (n=11)

Table 1. Patients with the same type of Listeria monocytogenes in Denmark, August to December 2022, per region (n=11)

Region

Number of patients
The capital  4
Central Jutland 2
Northern Jutland 0
Zealand 2
Southern Denmark 3
Total 11

The investigation of the outbreak

The outbreak is handled by the Central Outbreak Group, which consists of SSI, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration and the DTU Food Institute. SSI stands for whole-genome sequencing of listeria isolates from the patients and interviews with patients or relatives with a view to identifying a possible source of infection. The outbreak investigation showed that fish meatballs were the cause of the disease outbreak. The fish meatballs were recalled from stores on November 8, 2022.

The outbreak strain

The bacteria is of the type Listeria monocytogenes . By whole-genome sequencing of the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria isolated from the patients, it can be seen that they are very closely related and belong to sequence type 7.

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Canada – Igor brand Gorgonzola Dolce recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

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CFIA

Igor - Gorgonzola Dolce - front

Summary

Product
Gorgonzola dolce
Issue
Food – Microbial Contamination – Listeria
What to do

Do not consume, use, sell, serve, or distribute recalled products

Affected products

The affected product is being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination.

The recalled product may have been sold by various retailers, either clerk-served or in smaller packages, with or without a label that may not bear the same brand, product name or best before date. Consumers who are unsure if they have purchased the recalled product are advised to contact their retailer.

The recalled product has been sold in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec and may have been distributed in other provinces and territories.

What you should do

  • If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, contact your healthcare provider
  • Check to see if you have recalled products
  • Do not consume, serve, use, sell, or distribute recalled products
  • Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased

Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn or even stillbirth. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

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