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Category Archives: Food Poisoning
RASFF Alert – Aflatoxin – Pistachios in Shell
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 45; Tot. = 49.2 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios in shell from Iran in Germany
USA – Website for reporting Food Illness – iwaspoisoned.com
iwaspoisoned.com is for people who love to eat out but don’t expect to be ill because of it. The platform is a consumer led website for diners to report suspected food poisoning or bad food experiences. It allows users to report food poisoning from businesses, food products, or if they have general symptoms. This real time information is shared by consumers, food authorities, restaurants, and industry with one aim – to make eating a safer experience. By aggregating and analyzing citizen-submitted data, our site prevents food poisoning outbreaks, reduces risks, and creates better outcomes for restaurants, shareholders, and the public.
Mission of iwaspoisoned.com
Use data to bring together consumers, public health, and industry in near real-time to keep people safer and businesses more profitable.
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| This is especially true of IWasPoisoned, which has collected about 89,000 reports since it opened in 2009. Consumers use the site to decide which restaurants to avoid, and public health departments and food industry groups routinely monitor its submissions, hoping to identify outbreaks before they spread. The site has even begun to tilt stocks, as traders on Wall Street see the value of knowing which national restaurant chain might soon have a food-safety crisis on its hands. |
Turkey – Over 50 tourists hospitalised for suspected food poisoning in Turkey’s Cappadocia
A total of 52 tourists have been hospitalised in a case of suspected food poisoning in Turkey’s central tourism hotspot of Cappadocia.
The tourists staying a hotel in the Kaymaklı district of Nevşehir province began experiencing abdominal pain and nausea in the early morning hours, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday.
Forty-five Chinese and seven Indonesian nationals were taken to nearby hospitals.
The tourists appear to have experienced food poisoning according to preliminary findings, Kaymaklı Mayor Harun Çekiç told Anadolu, adding that officials are conducting an investigation into the case.
RASFF Alert -STEC E.coli – Chilled Beef
RASFF – shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (stx1+, stx2+,) in chilled beef from Argentina in Italy
India – Pune: 23 students in Katraj fall ill due to food poisoning.
Pune: At least 23 students from a city-based school fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal on Wednesday noon.
They were served rice as a part of their mid-day meal, but after some time students started vomiting, while some complained of nausea.
Kenya – Kieni food poisoning victims fell sick after three days – Four Dead – Vibrio cholerae
People who died from food poisoning at Rodama in Kieni West, Nyeri County, started experiencing pains diarrhea and abdominal pains three days after eating the food.
• Nderitu said he did not suspect foul play. He said there might have been poor handling of the food which led to contamination.
Four people who died of food poisoning in Rodama, Kieni West, started feeling abdominal pains and had diarrhoea three days after eating food at dowry ceremony.
Mugunda MCA Joseph Nderitu, who was part of the guests, said the event was held on Thursday but people started feeling the symptoms on Saturday.
“Many of the people started complaining of diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pains on Saturday,” he said on Monday.
The Nyeri County health department has increased its surveillance after four people died after eating at a dowry ceremony at Ruirii village in Kieni constituency last Thursday.
Director of Medical Services Nelson Muriu said residents who attended the ceremony trooped to hospitals exhibiting cholera-like symptoms.
The food was outsourced from Kitengela in Kajiado County for the event attended by more than 250 guests from Nyeri and Nairobi counties.
CHOLERA
The groom’s mother who had accompanied her son from Nairobi, died in the city. The bridegroom is receiving treatment at Kenyatta National Hospital.
“The patient at KNH has tested negative for cholera and is being treated for food poisoning,”
UK -British family-of-four fell seriously ill with food poisoning on Thomas Cook holiday at same Egypt hotel where couple died
A FAMILY-OF-FOUR say they fell seriously ill with food poisoning at the same Egyptian hotel where a British couple died under mysterious circumstances.
Sarah and Thomas McCormick paid £5,000 to take their children Paige, 15, and Lexi, nine, to the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel in Hurghada, Egypt in August last year.
Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Grained Salmon Caviar recalled due to potential presence of dangerous bacteria
Recall details
Ottawa, August 20, 2019 – The food recall warning issued on August 14, 2019 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.
Kananaskistrade is recalling Grained Salmon Caviar from the marketplace because it may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.
Recalled products
| Brand Name | Common Name | Size | UPC | Code(s) on Product |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A (Cyrillic characters only) | Grained Salmon Caviar | 95 g | 8 85202 00044 3 | All units sold up to and including August 20, 2019 |
Tanzania – Suspected aflatoxin outbreak reported in Tanzania
A suspected aflatoxicosis outbreak is being reported in Tanzania. The World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of the situation by the Ministry of Health in late June.
Since June 1, sporadic cases, presenting with symptoms and signs on abdominal distention, jaundice, vomiting, swelling of lower limbs, with a few cases of fever and headache, from Dodoma and Manyara Regions in Tanzania.
As of Aug. 11, a total of 53 cases and 8 deaths have been reported as from Chemba, Kondoa and Kiteto Districts. The situation is under investigation.
Aflatoxin is a potent toxin and a very serious health issue in many parts of the developing world. Major outbreaks have been seen in Africa, India, Malaysia and Taiwan over the years.
This mycotoxin is a natural toxin produced as a secondary metabolite to certain strains of the fungus Aspergillus, in particular Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus.
The toxin is then excreted onto plants or pre-processed foods, some intended for human consumption.
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