Category Archives: Food Pathogen

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USA -Greenhead Lobster Products Recalls Frozen Cooked Lobster Products Because of Possible Health Risk – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on October 23, 2023 by KSW | Leave a comment

FDA

Label for Greenhead Lobster Fresh Cooked Claw and Knuckle Meat, Refrigerated

Company Announcement

BUCKSPORT – Greenhead Lobster Products is voluntarily recalling all frozen and refrigerated cooked lobster meat products produced from May 9, 2023, through October 19, 2023, due to the potential for the product to be contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes.

Although none of the recalled product has tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, the recall is being conducted based on the presence of the organism in the processing environment. No other Greenhead Lobster retail products are impacted by this recall, including raw products.

The recalled product, Greenhead Lobster Fresh Cooked Lobster Meat was sold frozen or refrigerated in packages ranging from 1 to 2 lbs. or in cases up to 12 lbs. and can be identified with “best if used by” dates ranging from May 9th, 2025, to October 12th, 2025, for frozen product, and May 27th, 2023, to October 30th, 2023, for refrigerated product. The “best if used by” date is located on the white label on the front of the package. Products under recall are listed in the accompanying table.

Products were directly distributed to Maine and New Hampshire and then sold nationwide through wholesale distributers and online via e-commerce.

No illnesses have been reported in connection with this recall, to date.

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France – MUSSEL RAISED IN HOLLAND – Salmonella

Posted on October 23, 2023 by KSW | Leave a comment

Product category Food
Product subcategory Fishing and aquaculture products
Product brand name DELTA MOSSEL
Model names or references MUSSEL RAISED IN HOLLAND
Product identification

GTIN Lot Date

8712169101451 00620 Use-by date 10/24/2023
Packaging 1.4KG tray
Start/end date of marketing From 07/19/2023 to 10/19/2023
Storage temperature Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark NL 6107 EG
Geographical sales area Whole France
Distributors E. Leclerc

GTIN	Lot	Date
8712169101451	00620	Use-by date 10/24/2023

France -marinated pork with garlic and fine herbs -Salmonella

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Product category Food
Product subcategory Meats
Product brand name unbranded
Model names or references marinated pork spiders with garlic and fine herbs
Product identification

GTIN Lot Date

240002000000 N3272024 Use-by date 08/10/2023
Packaging sale in the traditional butcher’s department
Start/end date of marketing From 03/10/2023 to 08/10/2023
Storage temperature Product to keep in the refrigerator
Geographical sales area33260 in the buch tests
Distributors INTERMARCHE hyper 33260 la teste de buch

GTIN	Lot	Date
240002000000	N3272024	Use-by date 08/10/2023

France – Rocamadour farmer – STEC E.coli

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Product category Food
Product subcategory Milk and dairy products
Product brand name Laspeyrières farm
Model names or references Rocamadour
Product identification

Lot Date

0610 Recommended consumption date 06/11/2023
Start/end date of marketing From 10/12/2023 to 10/19/2023
Storage temperature Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark FR 46.201.001 CE
Geographical sales area Whole France
Distributors Proxi Sauzet, at the end of the street, Boulve grocery store, SPAR Luzech, Tower grocery store, meat parcels, Intermarché Prayssac, Carrefour Montcuq

Lot	Date
0610	Recommended consumption date 06/11/2023

France – SUPERIOR COOKED HAM SKULLED WITH DEGREASED TOWEL sold at the traditional stand – Listeria monocytogenes

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Product category Food
Product subcategory Meats
Product brand name UNBRANDED
Model names or references SUPERIOR COOKED HAM SKULLED DEGREATED TOWEL
Product identification

Batch Date

01204715 Use-by date 11/11/2023

01204715 Use-by date 06/11/2023
Packaging sold at the traditional stand
Start/end date of marketing From 09/30/2023 to 10/05/2023
Storage temperature Product to keep in the refrigerator
Further informationsold at the traditional stand
Geographical sales area Departments: NIEVRE (58)
Distributors crossroads

Batch	Date
01204715	Use-by date 11/11/2023
01204715	Use-by date 06/11/2023

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Research – Annual report concerning Foodborne Diseases in New Zealand 2022

Posted on October 20, 2023 by KSW | Leave a comment

NZFS

Human health surveillance and its relationship to foodborne illness is essential for informing
the strategic direction that New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) takes and regulatory measures
it puts in place to minimise foodborne illness in New Zealand and overseas consumers. The
annual ESR foodborne disease reports are critical, allowing NZFS to monitor trends in
foodborne illness in New Zealand by describing in a consistent manner evidence from case
notifications, case enquiries, outbreak investigations, and other epidemiological studies of
human enteric disease.
This report is the latest in a series providing a consistent source of data annually to monitor
trends in foodborne illness in New Zealand. The series can be found here.
When reading these reports, it is necessary to bear in mind that notified cases of illness
represent only a subset of all the cases that occur in New Zealand each year.
• Many sick individuals do not visit a GP or otherwise come to the attention of the
health system.
• Multiple factors (e.g., change in sensitivity of testing methods, proportion of human
faecal specimens being tested) affect the notification rates on top of any underlying
changes to disease incidence happening in New Zealand. Some cases notified in
New Zealand are due to exposure to a pathogen or toxin while they were overseas.
Most cases of foodborne diseases in New Zealand are sporadic, which makes attribution to a
source or event difficult. In contrast, outbreaks offer a better opportunity to identify the source
and most of the 271 outbreaks (253 cases) of potential foodborne disease in 2022 were
associated with commercial food operators and only five outbreaks in 2022 were associated
with food prepared in consumer’s homes. Despite robust investigation, some outbreaks
reported as “foodborne with an unidentified food source” could also be attributed to other
routes of transmission, such as water, animal contact, or person to person contact.
Listeriosis is perhaps the only disease fully attributable to consumption of contaminated food.
Campylobacteriosis, yersiniosis, infection by shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), and
salmonellosis remain the predominant notified foodborne illnesses. Notification rates per
100,000 population are generally stable, being highest for very young children (0 to 4 years
age group) and for elderly people (70+ years)

Posted in Campylobacter, food bourne outbreak, Food Illness, Food Microbiology Research, Food Pathogen, Foodborne Illness, foodborne outbreak, foodbourne outbreak, Illness, outbreak, Pathogen, pathogenic, Research, STEC, STEC E.coli, Yersinia

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Polish Poultry Products – Meat Preparation – Chicken Breast- Chicken Minced Meat – Chicken Drumstick – Pork Minced Meat –

Posted on October 20, 2023 by KSW | Leave a comment

Presence of Salmonella Infantis in batch of frozen meat preparation from Hungary in France

Salmonella Infantis in fresh chicken breast from the Netherlands in Germany

Salmonella Enteritidis (in 3 out of 5 units) in chicken fillet minced meat from Lithuania in Estonia and Latvia

Presence of Salmonella Virchow and Salmonella Chester in a frozen chicken drumstick preparation from Spain in France

Monophasic Salmonella spp. (in 2 out of 5 units) in pork minced meat from Poland in Latvia

Salmonella in frozen chicken minced meat from the Netherland in Italy

Salmonella in chicken mince from Spain in France

Salmonella Infantis (in 2 out of 5 samples) in chilled minced chicken breasts from Poland in Lithuania

Salmonella Newport in chilled quarters of broiler chickens from Poland in Lithuania

RASFF Alert- Histamine – Tuna Fillet

Posted on October 20, 2023 by KSW | Leave a comment

Histamine in chilled tuna fillet from Sri Lanka in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands

RASFF Alerts – E.coli- Clams – Oysters

Posted on October 20, 2023 by KSW | Leave a comment

Escherichia coli in clams (chamelea gallina) from Italy in Spain

Escherichia coli in oysters from France in the Netherlands, Belgium and Romania