Category Archives: Food Microbiology Testing

RASFF Alert- Mussels – Oysters

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Norovirus in mytilus galloprovincialis from Spain in Italy

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RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes -Smoked Salmon

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Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Lithuania in Italy and Slovenia

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Listeria detected smoked salmon from France in the Seychelles

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RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Polish Poultry Products – Sesame Seeds – Fish Meal – Organic Dried Goji Berries – Chicken Thigh Satay

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Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria in Greece

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Salmonella detected in a batch of fish meal from Spain in France

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Salmonella spp. in organic dried goji berries from China, via Austria in  Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland.

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Salmonella Enteritidis in chilled chicken breast from Poland in Slovakia

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Salmonella spp in sesame seeds from Nigeria in Greece

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Salmonella in Chicken thigh satay from Romania in Poland and the Netherlands

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Shelled Pistachios – Dried Figs – Peanuts

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

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Aflatoxins beyond the permitted limits in-shell pistachios from Türkiye in Italy

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Aflatoxin B1 in dried figs from Turkey in France

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Aflatoxin B1 in U.S.A. peanuts in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxins in pistachios in shell from Iran in Greece and Turkey

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Germany – Honestly organic! Fruit, nut & chocolate, berry & crunchy

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Lebensmittelwarnung

Alert type:

Groceries

Date of first publication:

12/28/2023

Product name:

Honestly organic! Fruit, nut & chocolate, berry & crunchy

Product images:

Fruit Nut & Chocolate.JPG
Manufacturer (distributor):

Organic food production and trading GmbH, Gewerbestraße 2, AT – 5082 Grödig

Reason for warning:

Salmonella

Packaging Unit:

150g

Durability:

July 5, 2024

Additional Information:

Reference is made to the company’s attached recall information.

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UK – STEC O145 E. coli tainted cheese sickens 30 in the UK

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Food Poison Journal

There have been at least 30 confirmed cases of this specific outbreak strain of STEC in the UK.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland, (FSS) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are warning the public not to eat four Mrs. Kirkham’s Lancashire Cheese which has been recalled because they may be contaminated with a specific type of E. coli bacteria called Shiga toxin producing E. coli, also known as STEC or VTEC or E. coli O145.

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Belgium – “BERGERONNETTE PERAIL DU FEDOU” cheese – Listeria monocytogenes

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Recall from the AFSCA
Product: “BERGERONNETTE PERAIL DU FEDOU” cheese
Problem: Possible presence of Listeria
Following a notification via the RASFF system (European Food and Feed rapid alert system), the FASFC withdraws the product “BERGERONNETTE PERAIL DU FEDOU” due to the possible presence of Listeria.

Product description:

– Product name: BERGERONNETTE Pérail du Fédou
– Lot: 23.333.002
– Expiry date (Best before date): 01/08/2024
– Weight: 150g



The product was distributed by different points of sale.

For any further information, you can contact the AFSCA contact point for consumers: 0800/13.550 or pointdecontact@afsca.be .

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Sweden – Powerfruits recalls Organic Goji Berries – suspicion of Salmonella

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Livsmedelsverket

Powerfruit’s German supplier has recalled Organic Goji Berries with Lot No. ZYWZ230214 and imposed a sales freeze on them since the German authorities found salmonella and deemed them unsafe.

Powerfruits Recalls Organic Goji Berries – POWERFRUITS

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France – ORGANIC Goji Berries (dried) – Salmonella

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Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Nuts and seeds
Product brand name
Alnatura
Model names or references
Alnatura brand 100g bag
Product identification
Batch
see traceability in attachment
Products List
_FRxlsx.pdfAttachment
Packaging
100g bag
Start/end date of marketing
From 08/08/2023 to 12/28/2023
Storage temperature
Product to be stored at room temperature
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
Match Supermarkets -59561 La Madeleine/CORA 77435 Marne-la-Vallée/Hyper U Colmar (U System)F-68000 107 ROUTE DE ROUFFACH Hyper U Sierentz (U System) 68510Sierentz / Super U La Ravoire 73490 La Ravoire/U Express Lyon Croix Redhead 69000 LYON

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France – Raw sausage meat – Listeria monocytogenes

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Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Meats
Product brand name
E.Leclerc Saint-Just-en-Chaussée
Model names or references
Raw sausage meat made in our workshops
Product identification
Batch Date
Manufactured on 12/12/2023 DLC on 12/16/2023 Use-by date 16/12/2023
Packaging
Wrapped in film (self-service section) + sale at the traditional butcher’s stand
Start/end date of marketing
From 12/12/2023 to 12/16/2023
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
/
Further information
Sold in film for the self-service section + at the traditional butcher’s stand
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
E.Leclerc Saint-Just-en-Chaussée

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