Category Archives: Food Poisoning

Canada – Komera Original brand Seasoned Hot Pepper Sauce recalled due to potential presence of dangerous bacteria – Clostridium botulinum

CFIA

Summary

Product
Seasoned Hot Pepper Sauce
Issue
Food – Microbial Contamination – Clostridium botulinum
What to do

Do not consume, use, sell, serve, or distribute recalled products

Affected products

Issue

The affected product is being recalled from the marketplace because it may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum.

The recalled product has been sold in Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec and online and may have been distributed in other provinces and territories.

What you should do

  • If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, contact your healthcare provider
  • Check to see if you have recalled products
  • Do not consume, serve, use, sell, or distribute recalled products
  • Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased

Food contaminated with Clostridium botulinum toxin may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms in adults can include facial paralysis or loss of facial expression, unreactive or fixed pupils, difficulty swallowing, drooping eyelids, blurred or double vision, difficulty speaking, including slurred speech, and a change in sound of voice, including hoarseness. Symptoms of foodborne botulism in children can include difficulty swallowing, slurred speech, generalized weakness and paralysis. In all cases, botulism does not cause a fever. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

RASFF Alerts – Mycotoxin – Aflatoxin – Almonds – Popcorn – Hazelnut Kernels – Roasted Peanuts – Pistachios – Groundnut Kernels -Shelled Hazelnuts- Pepper Soup Spices

RASFF

Elevated levels of Aflatoxin B1 in roasted peanuts from Nigeria in Ireland

RASFF

Aflatoxins in hazelnut kernels form Georgia in the Czech Republic

RASFF

Aflatoxins in pistachios from the United States, via Türkiye in Romania and Germany

RASFF

Aflatoxins (B1 = 8.4; Tot. = 10.7 µg/kg – ppb) in blanched groundnut kernels from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF

Presence of aflatoxins exceeding legal limits in shelled hazelnuts from Georgia in Italy

RASFF

Elevated Levels of Aflatoxins in Pepper Soup Spices from Nigeria in Ireland

RASFF

Aflatoxin in popcorn in  Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, United Kingdom

RASFF

Aflatoxins B1 above the MRL in almonds from USA in Spain

RASFF

Aflatoxins in almonds from Spain in Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania,) Mongolia, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States.

RASFF Alert – Mycotoxin – Citrinin – Food Supplement

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Citrinin in food supplement from United States in Andorra and Spain

RASFF Alert – Mycotoxin – Patulin – Apple and Strawberry Puree

RASFF

Too high content of patulin in apple and strawberry puree from Belgium in France

RASFF Alerts – Mycotoxin – Ochratoxin A- Dried Figs – Dried Raisins

RASFF

Ochratoxin A in Turkish dried figs in the Netherlands

RASFF

Ochratoxin A (30,1 ± 5,4 μg/kg) in dried raisins from Uzbekistan in Romania and Latvia

RASFF Alert – STEC E.coli – Broad Beans

RASFF

Presence of E.coli STEC in broad beans from Morocco in the Netherlands and Spain

Singapore – Recall of Eu Yan Sang’s Brown Rice Si Shen powder due to aflatoxin and arsenic exceeding permissible levels

SFA

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has detected aflatoxin B1 and arsenic in samples of Eu Yan Sang’s Brown Rice Si Shen powder at levels exceeding the maximum limit stated in the Singapore Food Regulations.2 SFA has directed the manufacturer, Eu Yan Sang (Singapore) Pte Ltd, to recall two affected batches of the product.

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has detected aflatoxin B1 and arsenic in samples of Eu Yan Sang’s Brown Rice Si Shen powder at levels exceeding the maximum limit stated in the Singapore Food Regulations.

2 SFA has directed the manufacturer, Eu Yan Sang (Singapore) Pte Ltd, to recall two affected batches of the product.

France – BUT POPCORN – Aflatoxin

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Cereals and baked goods
  • Product brand name NATURALINE
  • Model names or references CORN POPCORN 500G Nat AB
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3347432001555 06723 Date of minimum durability 08/03/2026
  • Marketing start/end date From 08/03/2023 to 23/03/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors Intermarché, Super U, Hyper U, Leclerc, Cora, Match supermarkets, Auchan

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Aflatoxin detection
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Aflatoxins

Vietnam – 73 Hanoi students hospitalised for food poisoning after field trip

VN Express

A total 73 students at Kim Giang Elementary School in Hanoi developed signs of food poisoning after having lunch prepared by the school’s canteen for a field trip.

The school in Thanh Xuan District organized the field trip to Canh Buom Xanh Park in Gia Lam District for 915 first and second graders on Tuesday morning.

For lunch, the school had the canteen prepare food, including fried rice, fried chicken, fries, sour soup and cookies, and send them along to the park.

The children had lunch at 11 a.m. and during the trip, they also had their own snacks and drinks prepared by their families aside from drinking bottled water provided by the park.

Around 2 p.m. on Tuesday when they returned to school, several students started to have abdominal pain and vomit while two suffered diarrheas.

The Food Safety Department of Hanoi have taken samples of the food served at the student’s lunch and samples of their vomit, as well as of the foods at the park, and sent them to the National Institute of Food Safety for testing.

The school’s canteen has been now suspended.

Denmark – Aflatoxin in popcorn corn

DVFA

Biogan A/S is recalling organic popcorn corn, as an excessively high content of the fungal toxin aflatoxin has been found in the product. The product should be returned to the store where it was purchased or discarded.

Recalled foods , Published: March 28, 2023

​​Which food:

Biogan organic popcorn corn ( See picture of the product here )
Net content : 500g
Best before date: 01.10.2024

Sold in: Grocery and health food stores throughout the country and on webshops.
Why:
An excessively high content of the fungal poison aflatoxin was found in the product. A health risk cannot therefore be ruled out if you eat the product. It is important not to have too high aflatoxin content over a long period of time. So it is not the individual meal that is decisive, but rather intake over a longer period of time. Therefore, you will not experience acute symptoms if you have eaten the product.

Read more about aflatoxin here

What should you do as a consumer:
​​ The Danish Food and Drug Administration advises consumers to return the product to the store where it was purchased, or to discard it.

Who is recalling the product:
Biogan A/S
Møgelbakken 3-5
8520 Lystrup