Category Archives: Food Pathogen

USA -Valley Milk Simply Bottled Raw Milk Recalled for Possible Campylobacter in CA

Food Poisoning Bulletin

 

Raw milk that was produced and packaged by Valley Milk Simply Bottled in Stanislaus County, California is being recalled for possible Campylobacter contamination. The farm’s packaged raw whole milk was sampled and tested by the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the lab confirmed detection of the pathogen.

USA – Hepatitis A In Food Handler At Frisch’s Restaurant in Ohio

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A case of hepatitis A has been identified in a Frisch’s employee who worked in two of the restaurant’s locations: at 1228 Scioto Street in Urbana, Ohio, and at 1830 Bechtle Avenue in Springfield, Ohio. The Champaign Health District and the Clark County Combined Health District are working to vaccinate all restaurant employees.

Croatia -Croatia’s prime oyster farmers in alarm after Norovirus discovered

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Oyster farming is the pride of this small town in the south of Croatia’s Adriatic Sea coast. But tasting the famed local delicacy may not be a good idea at the moment.

Authorities have detected norovirus, which causes diarrhea and vomiting, in parts of the Mali Ston bay—triggering shock and alarm among the breeders.

The traditional oyster-tasting feast in March has been canceled and fears are mounting of huge financial losses to the local community that harvests about 3 million oysters each year.

Experts are pointing their fingers at the outdated sewage system in the area that has seen a rise in the numbers of tourists flocking to Croatia’s stunning Adriatic coast.

“I am really sorry but people themselves are to blame that something like this happened,” explained Vlado Onofri from the Institute for Marine and Coastal Research in nearby Dubrovnik. “It’s something that has to be solved in the future.”

While some stomach bugs can be eliminated with cooking, norovirus survives at relatively high temperatures.

“The problem with oysters is that they are eaten raw,” Onofri said.

Australia – Ash and Sons Eggs – Salmonella

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Recalls and advisories

USA – Henry Avocado Recalls Whole Avocados Because Of Possible Health Risk – Listeria monocytogenes

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Henry Avocado Corporation is voluntarily recalling California-grown whole avocados sold in bulk at retail stores because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Henry Avocado is issuing this voluntary recall out of an abundance of caution due to positive test results on environmental samples taken during a routine government inspection at its California packing facility. There are no reported illnesses associated with this recall.

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USA – Oskri Sells Nut Butter Plant After Listeria Monocytogenes Recall

Food Poisoning Bulletin

Oskri Organics Corporation at 528 Tyranena Park Road in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, sold the building where they made nut butters and snacks after all of their products were recalled in January 2019. In addition, the brands Inspired Organics and Thrive Market nut butters were recalled in December 2018 and January 2019 for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Oskri made the nut butters for those companies.

USA -More frozen breaded chicken nuggets recalled in connection with outbreak

Food Safety News

Canadian officials have posted the 13th recall notice related to more than a dozen Salmonella outbreaks — some ongoing — in their country in the past 22 months. Investigators have traced the outbreaks to frozen breaded chicken nuggets, patties and similar products.

In the latest recall, posted March 21, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency urged consumers to check their homes for certain Janes brand “Pub Style – Chicken Nuggets – Breaded Chicken Cutlettes” and throw them away even if some have been eaten and no one appeared to have become sick. The agency reported the Sofina Foods Inc. distributed the recalled products to retailers nationwide.

The Public Health Agency of Canada continues to warn the public about the dangers of raw frozen breaded chicken products. The agency reported that as of March 1, there had been a total of 555 laboratory-confirmed outbreak victims nationwide. Of those for whom complete information is available, 92 people had to be admitted to hospitals. 

Norway – Snack mix recall expanded as patient count increases in Salmonella outbreak

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Food Safety News

More cases of Salmonella infections have been reported in Norway with a link to imported dried fruit and coconut. Salmonella Agbeni has been detected in several samples of the snack mixes. Salmonella Gamaba was also found in two unopened packages from the same lot.

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) reported 32 confirmed and seven possible Salmonella Agbeni cases in an update from the 21 confirmed and nine possible infections earlier this month.

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Black Pepper – Sesame Seeds – Chicken Meat – Salted Chicken – Mulitcereal Bread Mix – Ducks Legs – Peppered Turkey Breast – Chorizo Noir

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RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in chilled chicken meat from Slovakia in Poland

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen salted raw chicken half breast from Brazil in the UK

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in multicereal bread mix from the Netherlands in Belgium

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (present /25g) in chilled chicken from Poland in the Czech Republic

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Give (present /25g) in frozen duck legs from Hungary in Italy

RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in frozen peppered turkey breast from Chile in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Kottbus (presence /25g) in frozen duck legs from Hungary in Italy

RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in frozen peppered turkey breast from Chile in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in chorizo noir from Portugal in France

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium (presence /25g) in chilled chicken cuts from France in France

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Oranienburg (presence /25g) in black pepper from Brazil in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in black pepper from Brazil in Spain

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from India in Romania

RASFF Alert – E.coli – Live Mussels

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RASFF – too high count of Escherichia coli (330; 490 MPN/100g) in live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain in Italy

RASFF – too high count of Escherichia coli (330, 490 MPN/100g) in live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain in Italy