Mikes Meats Pty Ltd has recalled Prager Leg Ham from Mikes Meats retail stores and some other butchers in the ACT due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination. A point of sale notice will be displayed at these stores.Listeria may cause illness in pregnant women and their babies, the elderly and people with low immune systems. Any consumers concerned about their health should seek medical advice.
RASFF – Salmonella in Beef Meat in Denmark sourced in Ireland.
RASFF – Pseudomonas in Spring Water in Poland
RASFF – Salmonella in Bay Leaves, Oregano, Basil in Norway sourced in Turkey via Germany
RASFF – Salmonella in Animal Proteins in Belgium from the Netherlands
RASFF – Aflatoxin in Dried Figs in Denmark sourced in Turkey.
RASFF – Salmonella in Chicken Breast Fillets in Germany sourced in Brazil.
RASFF – Listeria in King Prawns in Austria sourced in Vietnam
RASFF – Histamine in Salted Mackerel in the UK sourced in Thailand
RASFF – Salmonella in Raw Porcine Meat Burger in Luxemborg sourced in Belgium
RASFF – Listeria in Chilled Smoked Salmon in Italy sourced in Denmark
RASFF – Aflatoxin in Dreid Figs in Denmark sourced in Tunisia
Posted in Aflatoxin, Bacteria, Eurofins Laboratories, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Standards Agency, Food Testing, Histamine, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, Microbiology, Mycotoxin, Pathogen, Pseudomonas, RASFF, Recall, Salmonella
Tagged animal proteins, chicken breast fillets, dried figs, food, king prawns
Myprotein has recalled its own-brand Free Range Liquid Egg Whites with a ‘best before’ date of 8 February 2013, because salmonella has been detected in a batch of the product. The Agency has issued a product recall information notice.
| Category 2: | For Information |
| Alert Notification: | 2012.16 |
| Product: | Holle Organic 3-Grain Porridge |
| Batch Code: | R11171; best before: 25/04/2013 |
| Country Of Origin: | Germany |
Holle Baby Food GmbH is withdrawing the above batch of its Organic 3-Grain Porridge due to the detection of the mycotoxin, ochratoxin A, above the legislative limit. Point of sale customer notices are being displayed in the shops where the implicated batch was sold. No other batches or products are affected.
No action is required by official agencies.
Posted in Aflatoxin, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Standards Agency, Food Testing, Microbiology, Moulds, Mycotoxin, Ochratoxin, Recall
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The results from the analysis of food samples collected from Scottish businesses in 2011 have shown a slight increase in the levels of satisfactory samples in comparison with the previous year.
The report has shown that 80% of samples collected in 2011 by local authorities in Scotland and submitted to the UK Food Surveillance System (UKFSS) were satisfactory, a rise of 3% on 2010. Areas where improvements could be made in relation to food handling practices in retail and catering businesses were also identified in the report (see attached).
During 2011, almost 9,200 food samples were collected from Scottish businesses and analysed by the Public Analyst Laboratories in Scotland. More than 5,000 samples were examined microbiologically and a further 4,188 underwent chemical analysis, including tests for contaminants, additives and labelling inaccuracies.
As in previous years, the results of sampling in 2011 show that there were very few issues relating to foodborne pathogens (illness causing organisms). The majority of failures in microbiological testing (83%) were due to the elevated levels of hygiene indicators (bacteria that can be used as indicators of general hygiene practices in food premises) and total bacterial counts (total number of bacteria on a food sample). These are not inherently a hazard but can indicate poor hygiene practices during food preparation and handling.
Posted in Bacteria, Eurofins Laboratories, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Spoilage, Food Standards Agency, Food Testing, Foodborne Illness, Hygiene, Illness, Microbiology, Research
Tagged environment, food premises, food surveillance, hygiene practices, science
Health Protection Scotland, on behalf of the Incident Management Team, have today published the final report into an outbreak of foodborne botulism in Scotland in November 2011.
This outbreak affected three children from one family in the NHS Forth Valley area. The vehicle of intoxication was found to be a single jar of a commercially produced korma sauce.
Good Foods Chicken Pakora has been recalled by Glasgow City environmental health department. The product was handled and packaged in an unapproved establishment. If you have bought the product, don’t eat it. The Agency has issued a Food Alert For Action.
The Food Standards Agency is warning people not to eat a certain batch of Italian olives sold in jars after one person became ill with botulism poisoning after eating them. The Agency has now received further information from the Italian Authorities confirming that 60 jars of the affected Divini Di Chicco Francesco olives product were distributed to one supplier in the UK.
The Agency has issued an updated Food Alert for Action. The news story about the original Food Alert for Action, which was issued on 25 July 2012.
The UK supplier has confirmed that the implicated product was distribution to three independent delicatessens in the UK between July 2011 and July 2012. These delicatessens have been visited by the supplier and any remaining stock of the product has been removed from sale.
Posted in Bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, Eurofins Laboratories, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Standards Agency, Food Testing, Foodborne Illness, Microbiology, Pathogen, Recall
Tagged food, food alert, food standards agency, italian authorities
Tests carried out by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) identified the toxin that causes botulism in a jar of Italian olives after an Oxfordshire resident was admitted to hospital with botulism poisoning. No further cases have been identified to date.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is now asking people who have bought jars of the implicated olives not to eat them and to contact their local authority environmental health food safety team to arrange collection of the product.
The implicated olives are “Olive Bella Di Cerignola” produced by ‘I Divini’. These are large green olives from the Puglia region of Italy and are packaged in brine in glass jars with a lot number of 161/11 and best before date of 10/06/2014. This type of olive is distributed under a number of different brand names but only the I DIVINI di Chicco Francesco brand is associated with this incident.
The HPA is working with the local authority environmental health department and the Food Standards Agency on the investigation. Botulism is rare in the UK – there have only been 33 recorded cases of food-borne botulism in England and Wales since 1989, with 27 of these linked to a single outbreak.
Not really microbiology but often undertaken in micro. laboratories and maybe of some interest.
The Food Standards Agency has begun a UK-wide survey to compare the level of allergens in foods that have voluntary allergen labelling with similar products not labelled in this way. No other survey of this kind has been carried out in the UK.
Allergen advisory labelling, such as labelling that states ‘may contain nuts’, is voluntary. Many manufacturers label their products to alert consumers with allergies that a food may not be suitable for them, as it may unintentionally contain small amounts of an allergen as a result of cross-contamination during production. The survey could help determine if this type of labelling is being used appropriately.
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