RTT News has reported that Texas food company Whittington’s has recalled some beef jerky products in Texas after possible Salmonella contamination was discovered during a routine inspection by an official body.
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Category Archives: Food Poisoning
Salmonella Contamination of Paan/Betel Leaves
The FSA are warning people about Salmonella contamination of Paan/Betel leaves, since August a large proportion of these leaves imported from India and Bangladesh have had Salmonella contamination. Although no illness has been recorded yet border agencies and high commissions have been put on alert.
Posted in Food Poisoning, Food Testing, Microbiology, outbreak, Salmonella, Uncategorized
Center for Disease Control (CDC) 2011 Food Illness Estimates
The CDC has published some information about estimated food illness in the USA for 2011, it concludes that 48 million people in the USA will get ill, 128,000 will be hospitalised and 3,000 will die.
Posted in Food Illness, Food Poisoning, Microbiology, outbreak
FDA Consumer Health Leaflet – Keep Listeria Out
The FDA published this leaflet a couple of months ago to try to help combat the rise in Listeriosis in the USA. If may be of use to small manufactures and home based production units. There are lots of ‘Z’s’ in the text but that’s the American way!
Posted in Food Illness, Food Poisoning, Listeria, Microbiology
FSA – Safer food, better business for retailers
This food safety management pack has been developed by the FSA to help retail businesses across the UK comply with food hygiene regulations. It can be downloaded from the link to the FSA web site and you can also order packs from that page as well.
Posted in Food Illness, Food Poisoning, Microbiology, outbreak
Olives with Botulinum Toxin Claim a Life
An article in Food Production Daily last week reported that the FSA had withdrawn a batch of olives that were contaminated with botulinum toxin after they were implicated in cases in Finland. One person has now dies in Finland after consuming the olives. More details can be found at the link above and include the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) comments.
Smartphone Technology Adapted for Pathogen Detection
A new food safety testing method using liquid crystals – a technology traditionally used in smart phones and televisions – is being developed with the aim of detecting multiple harmful foodborne pathogens in a single test. The company’s website states that the product is due for trials later this year and they are confident that it will have a ‘profound effect’ on testing for bacterial pathogens and thus public health.
Posted in Food Illness, Food Poisoning, Food Testing, Microbiology
New Pathogen ID Method
Researchers at Cornell University are working on a development project to develop a new method to pinpoint the origin of foodborne bacteria. It involves breaking up DNA and analysing banding patterns. This method would solve the problem of some bacterial pathogens having very similar DNA fingerprints which makes differentiation difficult.
The full article is at Food Quality News
Posted in Food Poisoning, Food Testing, Microbiology, Salmonella
Pulsed Electric Fields – Campylobacter
An article in Food Production Daily has reported that Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) may not be suitable for controlling Campylobacter as first indicated by other studies. It would appear that the PEF is more suitable for use on liquids which could be applied to poultry processing such as scald water or chilled processing water. The full report is at the link above.
US Cantaloupe – Listeria Death Toll Rises
The number of deaths from the Listeria outbreaks in cantaloupes has risen to 28 according to the CDC. In addition to this the CDC has reported that one pregnant women has miscarried as a direct effect of the infection.
Posted in Food Illness, Food Poisoning, Listeria, Microbiology, outbreak
