Dirk warns for 1 Best Smoked Sausage fine and 1 Best Smoked Sausage coarse. Checks have shown that these products may contain salmonella.
One person has died in a hepatitis A outbreak associated with three restaurants in the Roanoke, VA, area, according to state officials, and two more people have been added to the patient list.
“We don’t believe there is an ongoing threat to the public,” said Christ Wills of the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts, which is a subagency of the Virginia health department.
However, Wills told Food Safety News today there will likely be more sick people than the 37 who have been identified because of the long incubation time for the virus. As of today, 26 of the patients have been so sick they had to be admitted to hospitals. The age range of patients is now trending to include younger patients with people from 31 to 79 years old now infected.
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CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) investigated a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections.
Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data showed that raw frozen breaded stuffed chicken products produced at the P-2375 Serenade Foods facility in Milford, Indiana, made people sick.
As of October 13, 2021, this outbreak is over.
A total of 36 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis were reported from 11 states (see map). The true number of sick people in an outbreak is likely much higher than the number reported, and the outbreak may not be limited to the states with known illnesses. This is because many people recover without medical care and are not tested for Salmonella.
Illnesses started on dates ranging from February 21, 2021, to August 16, 2021 (see timeline). Sick people ranged in age from 1 to 83 years, with a median age of 38 years, and 57% were female. Of 32 people with information available, 12 were hospitalized. No deaths were reported.
State and local public health officials interviewed people about the foods they ate in the week before they got sick. Of the 27 people interviewed, 14 (52%) reported preparing and eating frozen breaded stuffed chicken products. They bought different brands of raw frozen breaded stuffed chicken products from multiple stores.
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| GTIN | Lot | |
|---|---|---|
| 020151000000 | ULF2779609 | |
TAHIN HELVA HALVA, FISTIKLI / PISTACHIO, brand: KOSKA 1907
Company KERVAN GMBH, FLOHRSTRAßE 26, 13507 BERLIN / DE / BE.
Salmonella
Alburj – Halva with pistachios 400 g & 800 g
Salmonella was detected in a sample from batch 07/2022.
Image CDC
In a follow-up on the shigella outbreak in Jerash, Jordan, the Director of Jerash Governmental Hospital, Sadiq Al-Atoum, said the number of shigellosis cases recorded in Jerash has risen by 22 cases, bringing the total number to 80.
At least 16 people are still being treated.
The Director of Communicable Diseases, Ali Zitawi, said that all of the patients are under the age of 12 and suffered from the same symptoms: abdominal pain, fever, diarrhea and vomiting.
Health authorities in Jordan continue to collect samples from water sources, restaurants and bakeries in Jerash and Ajloun to determine the source of the Shigella bacteria.
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| Lot | Dated | |
|---|---|---|
| RGB02701 | Use-by date 10/07/2021 | |
| RGB02712 | Use-by date 08/10/2021 | |
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The pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes was detected in the product . This bacterium can cause a condition called listeriosis.
| Expiration date: | 8/30/2021 |
| Quantity of product in package: | 200 g |
| Producer: | Dita Maresova, Sluhy |
| Country of origin: |  Czechia |
| Date of sampling: | 16. 8. 2021 |
| Reference number: | 21-000069-SVS-CZ |
| GTIN | Lot | Dated |
|---|---|---|
| 3180940089406 | 281 08:02 CJ10OB | Use-by date 02/11/2021 |
Posted in Clostridium, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, food contamination, food handler, Food Hazard, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Pathogen, Food Poisoning, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Food Toxin
