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USA – Cheese recalled in Hawaii due to Listeria

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The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) is alerting residents to a voluntary recall of Rizo Bros. California Creamery’s Cotija Aged Mexican Grating Cheese, batch number 4DW-23318, for potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. This product was distributed nationwide, including retailers in Hawaiʻi such as R. Field Wine Company, select Foodland and Foodland Farms supermarkets, and Cost.U.Less Hilo.

This recall is the result of a food sampling and analysis partnership conducted by DOH’s Laboratory Preparedness and Response Branch (LPRB) and Food and Drug Branch (FDB), and funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to collect certain food products and test for Salmonellaand/or Listeria monocytogenes to protect public health.

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Canada – Quaker brand granola bars and cereals and Cap’n Crunch brand Treat Bars – Berry Bar recalled due to Salmonella

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CFIA

Product
Granola bars and cereals
Issue
Food – Microbial Contamination – Salmonella
What to do

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

Distribution
National
Online

Issue

The affected products are being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination.

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 Salmonella may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Young children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems may contract serious and sometimes deadly infections. Healthy people may experience short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. Long-term complications may include severe arthritis.

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Quebec – Notice not to consume BBQ meatloaf prepared and sold by the company Boucherie Thibault inc. – E.coli

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QUEBEC CITY ,  Jan. 11, 2024 /CNW/ – The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ), in collaboration with the company Boucherie Thibault inc. , located at 1739, avenue des Érables, in Plessisville , advises the population not to consume the product indicated in the table below, because this food is likely to contain the E. coli bacteria .

Product name

Format

Target lot

“BBQ POTATO AND VEGETABLE MEATLOAF”

Unitary

BEST AV

24-JA-14 

The product which is the subject of this warning was offered for sale until January 11, 2024, and only at the establishment designated above. The product was packaged in an aluminum tray with a transparent plastic lid and sold refrigerated.

The operator is recalling the product in question. He agreed with MAPAQ to broadcast this warning as a precautionary measure. In addition, people who have this product in their possession are advised not to consume it. They must return it to the establishment where they purchased it or throw it away. Food contaminated with E. coli bacteria does not necessarily show visible spoilage or a suspicious odor, but can still make a person who consumes it sick. Possible symptoms are: nausea, vomiting, more or less acute abdominal cramps and watery or bloody diarrhea.

It should be noted that no cases of illness associated with the consumption of this food have been reported to MAPAQ to date.

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RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Chicken Product – Chicken Meat Preparations- Minced Poultry Meat

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Salmonella detected in chicken product from the Netherlands in Germany and Belgium

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Salmonella spp. in chicken meat preparations from Brazil in the Netherlands

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Salmonella Enteritidis,s. infantis, s. paratyphi B in minced poultry meat from the Netherlands in Italy

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RASFF Alert- Cronobacter – Infant Formula

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Possible presence of Cronobacter sakazakii in several batches of Nutramigen LGG infant formula from the USA in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Israel and the UK

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RASFF Alert – Norovirus – French Oysters

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Risk of norovirus in oysters from France in Denmark, Belgium and Switzerland

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RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes – Salmon – Smoked Salmon – Gorgonzola – Matured Cheese with Honey and Pears – Sliced Raclette

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Listeria monocytogenes in salmon from Norway in the Netherlands and Belgium

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Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Lithuania in Germany

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Listeria monocytogenes in gorgonzola cheese from Italy in Spain and Germany

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PRESENCE OF LISTERIA IN MATURED CHEESE WITH HONEY AND PEARS from Italy in San Marino

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Presence of Listeria monocytogenes in Sliced Raclette from France in Portugal

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RASFF Alerts – Histamine – Tuna – Canned Sardines

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Histamine in frozen tuna (Thunnus Albacares) from Vietnam in Romania

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Histamine in canned sardines from Morocco in France

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RASFF Alerts – Ochratoxin A – Dried Figs

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Presence of ochratoxin A beyond the permitted limits in dried figs from Spain in Italy

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Pistachios – Groundnuts -Peanuts – Hazelnuts and Peanut Butter

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Aflatoxins above the limits in Pistachios in shell from Turkey in Italy

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Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from the Islamic Republic of Iran in Germany

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AFLATOXIN B1 above legal limits in Pistachios Kernels from the United States via Turkey in Slovakia and Italy

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Presence of Aflatoxins beyond the permitted limits in shelled pistachios from Iran in Italy

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REG. UE n. 915/2023/ aflatoxin B1 and totals above legal limits in in shell pistachios from Turkey in Italy

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Aflatoxin in groundnut kernels from the USA in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxins in peanuts in shell (Arachis Hypogeae) from Egypt in Italy

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High levels of aflatoxin in hazelnuts from Georgia in Germany and Bulgaria

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Aflatoxins in peanut butter from India in Germany and Austria

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Aflatoxins in U.S.A. peanuts in the Netherlands

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Lot of in-shell pistachios with aflatoxin b1 and total values ​​above the legal limit. REG. EU no. 915/2023 rom Iran in Italy

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