Category Archives: Food Poisoning

Belgium – SHELLED PISTACHIOS, ITALIAN MIX and MIXED NUTS WITH DRIED OLIVES- Aflatoxin

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Recall from Delhaize
Product: SHELLED PISTACHIOS, ITALIAN MIX and MIXED NUTS WITH DRIED OLIVES.
Problem: too high aflatoxin content.


Delhaize asks its customers not to consume and to bring the products below back to the store.

In collaboration with the FASFC, Delhaize has decided to withdraw these products from the market and to recall them from consumers due to too high aflatoxin content.

Product information:

Name: SHELLED PISTACHIOS
Brand: Delhaize
EAN code: 5400112508633 Best
before: all dates between 06/21/2022 and 09/11/2022

Name: ITALIAN MIX
Brand: Delhaize
EAN code: 5400112326770 Best
before: all dates between 06/16/2022 and 08/27/2022

Name: MIXED NUTS WITH DRIED OLIVES
Brand: Delhaize
EAN code: 5400113689720 Best
before: all dates between 06/12/2022 and 08/18/2022

Marketing period: from 29/12/2021 to 25/03/2022

Every day, Delhaize carries out hundreds of internal quality controls in order to guarantee the quality and food safety of its products at all times.

In the meantime, Delhaize has already taken all affected products off the shelves and tightened checks on products and suppliers. Customers who have purchased these products are asked not to consume them. Customers have the option of returning the products in question to the point of sale where they purchased them. Reimbursement for each affected item is guaranteed.

Other products of the same assortment are not affected and can therefore be consumed in complete safety. Delhaize would like to apologize for the inconvenience caused.

For further information , customers can contact our Customer Service on the free number 0800/95 713.

Germany – Kerem – mini figs – 250g – Ochratoxin A

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Alert type: Food
Date of first publication: 03/25/2022
Product name:

Kerem – mini figs – 250g

Product images:

Manufacturer (distributor): Fresh Nuts GmbH, Pinkertweg 10, 22113 Hamburg
Reason for warning:

Exceeding the limit value of the active substance ochratoxin A

Packaging Unit: 250 g
Durability: at least April 30, 2022
Lot identification: 21002960 / 21003123 / 21003122 / 22000191
Manufacturer’s website:

France- Organic Lerida Figs – Ochratoxin A

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Food
  • Product subcategory Fruits and vegetables
  • Product brand name House Naja
  • Model names or references330g trays
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Lot Dated
    3266481738450 11/15/2022 Date of minimum durability 15/11/2022
    3266481738450 11/18/2022 Date of minimum durability 18/11/2022
    3266481738450 04/28/2023 Date of minimum durability 04/28/2023
  • Packaging330g trays
  • Marketing start/end date From 01/11/2021 to 30/01/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Departments: BOUCHES-DU-RHONE (13), VAUCLUSE (84)
  • Distributors Grocery store

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Ochratoxin A detection

Czech Republic – Mould – Eidam cheese 30%

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Place of inspection:
Hajnice ( Hajnice 205, Hajnice, 54466 )
ID: 48629081
Food group: Milk and milk products Cheese

Eidam cheese 30%
Category: Dangerous food
Unsatisfactory parameter:

mold visible to the eye

On the surface of the cheese there were colonies of green mold visible to the naked eye. Food is not considered safe if it shows signs of spoilage.

During the inspection, unsatisfactory storage temperatures of this product were not found. The food had an unknown date of minimum durability.

Packaging: red plastic foil + repackaged with food foil
Quantity of product in package: 0.41 kg
Sampling date: 7. 1. 2022
Reference number: 22-000104-CAFIA-CZ
The sample was found by an official inspection of the State Agricultural and Food Inspection Authority.

France – Organic Lerida Dried Figs – Mycotoxin – Ochratoxin A

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Food
  • Product subcategory Fruits and vegetables
  • Product brand name bush
  • Model names or references Organic dried figs – Lerida organic dried figs N°3
  • Identification of products
    Lot Dated
    440024553/1-11-372 Date of minimum durability 30/10/2022
  • Packaging5 kg box
  • Marketing start/end date From 04/11/2021 to 01/12/2021
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors2 VD SPRL 2AS – CAROL Bio-Rennes SARL Blanc Michel BV Creation Esprit Gourmand La Malle aux Epices Les Fleurons Lomme Primeurs Margot Primeurs du Sud Est Silvarem Socadial

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Non-compliant level of ochratoxin A

RASFF Alert – Bacillus cereus – Oatmeal Drink

RASFF

Oat drink contaminated with bacillus cereus from Sweden in Finland

RASFF Alert – STEC E.coli – Cow Carcass

RASFF

STEC (stx+;eae+) in cow carcass from Belgium in France and the Netherlands

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Rice – Pistachios – Almond Powder – Liquid Almond Nougat – Peanuts

RASFF

Aflatoxins in rice from Pakistan in Greece

RASFF

Aflatoxins (B1 and total aflatoxin) in pistachios from Turkey in Germany

RASFF

Aflatoxin in Organic Almond Powder from Italy in the Netherlands

RASFF

Aflatoxins above legal limit in shelled pistachios from Turkey in Italy

RASFF

Presence of aflatoxins above legal limits in shelled pistachios from United States in Italy

RASFF

Aflatoxin in liquid almond nougat from Spain in Belgium

RASFF

Aflatoxins in pistachio kernels from the United States in Italy

RASFF

Increased aflatoxin content in organic peanuts from Egypt in Germany

RASFF

Aflatoxins above legal limits in shelled pistachios from USA in Italy

USA – Webinar on the Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan – April 13th 2022

FDA

New Era for Smarter Food Safety

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a webinar on the Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan that the agency released in early December 2021.

Deputy FDA Commissioner Frank Yiannas and FDA experts across agency’s human foods program will be available to explain and answer questions about the plan with the goal of raising awareness, enhancing understanding, and building support. Stakeholders are welcome to provide their insights as well as ask questions.

This response improvement plan focuses on tech-enabled product traceback, root cause investigations, analysis and dissemination of outbreak data, and operational improvements. It is intended to work in concert with FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint, which outlines specific approaches the FDA will take over the next decade to address food safety in the rapidly changing food system.

The plan was also informed by an independent review of the FDA’s structural and functional capacity to support, participate in, or lead multistate foodborne illness outbreak investigation activities. You will hear more about that review in this webinar.

The speakers will be:

  • Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response
  • RADM David Goldman, Chief Medical Officer, Office of Food Policy and Response
  • Stic Harris, Director, FDA’s Coordinated Response and Evaluation Network (CORE)
  • CDR Kari Irvin, Deputy Director, CORE
  • Scott MacIntire, Program Director, Office of Human and Animal Food Operations – West
  • Craig Hedberg, University of Minnesota, author of “An Independent Review of FDA’s Foodborne Outbreak Response Processes”

The webinar will also be recorded and posted to the FDA website.

You are also welcome to submit questions during the webinar to SmarterFoodSafety@fda.hhs.gov.

Registration

Registration is required. There will be an opportunity to ask questions in advance on the registration form.

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Additional Information

USA – New Era of Smarter Food Safety: FDA’s Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan

I. What progress have we made to date?

The FDA and its par

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New Era of Smarter Food Safety - FDA's Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan Cover

Tackling foodborne outbreaks faster and revealing the root cause are essential for the prevention of future outbreaks. We have a plan to do that.

Foodborne disease remains a significant public health problem in the United States. The FDA’s Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan (FORIP), described in this document, is an important step that the FDA is taking to enhance the speed, effectiveness, coordination, and communication of outbreak investigations. (Unless stated otherwise, this report focuses exclusively on the response to human food and not animal food.)

Our ultimate goal is to bend the curve of foodborne illness in this country.