aflatoxins (B1 = 5.4; Tot. = 6.2 / B1 = 21; Tot. = 24 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands
aflatoxins (B1 = 48; Tot. = 53 / B1 = 489.2; Tot. = 562 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnuts from Georgia in Bulgaria
aflatoxins (B1 = 12.77; Tot. = 13.5 µg/kg – ppb) in dried peppers from India in Spain
aflatoxins (B1 = 3.7 µg/kg – ppb) in peanut butter from the United States in Germany
aflatoxins (B1 = 24.53 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted salted pistachios from Turkey in Germany
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shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli in veal meat from the Netherlands in the Netherlands
shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (O26 stx2+ eae+ /25g) in chilled filet americain from Belgium in Belgium
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too high count of Escherichia coli (up to 920 MPN/g) in vacuum-packed live mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain in Italy
Escherichia coli (76000 CFU/g) in truffle egg tagliatelle from Italy in Austria
histamine (up to 974 mg/kg – ppm) in chilled tuna fillets in olive oil from Thailand in Germany
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Around 15 persons in Ternekal village of Andhra’s Kurnool district have fallen sick with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea in the past four days, causing anxiety among the residents. One of the affected persons, a 62-year-old man named Venkatesh, died while undergoing treatment at Kurnool GGH (Government General Hospital) on Tuesday. Authorities have said that the illness could have been caused by consumption of stale food. Water samples have been sent to a regional lab to test for water contamination.
A Salmonella outbreak has swept the UK, causing nearly 500 people to fall ill with the bacteria and several products to be recalled form supermarket shelves.
According to the Daily Mirror, five people are reported as having died and hundreds seriously ill after eating chicken imported from Poland.
The newspaper reports that 480 cases of Salmonella have been reported in the UK, with around 44 per cent of those affected believed to be children.
Note: There have been many RASFF Alerts concerning Salmonella in chicken products from Poland for over a year now.
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Three ships operating in different parts of the world are all reporting cases of food poisoning among their crew. At least two crew members have died while others have been transferred from their ships and hospitalized. It might be coincidental or an outbreak of the more common norovirus, a common gastrointestinal disease, but it rarely causes deaths.
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A seafarer has died and many others taken ill following a food poisoning incident on a Precious Shipping bulker.
A jar of pickled bamboo shoots is said to be the source of the incident, which occurred earlier this month on the 34,000-dwt handysize bulker Lanna Naree (built 2012) in the Indian Ocean.
The chief cook passed away and up to 13 others were reported to have become unwell before the bulker could divert to Male in the Maldives.
Four crew members who did not eat the pickle suffered no ill effects.
Hashim said all seafarers who had shown symptoms were replaced in Male as a safety precaution.
“We are now in the process of getting this pickle analysed and reporting the same to the authorities so that action can be taken to avoid any such incident in the future,” Hashim said.
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