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France – HEART OF FRISEE 100% HEART – 250G – OUR GARDEN – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on October 2, 2023 by | Leave a comment

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  • Product category Food
  • Product subcategory Fruits and vegetables
  • Product brand name OUR GARDEN
  • Model names or references HEART OF FRISEE 100% HEART – 250G – OUR GARDEN
  • Product identification
    GTIN Batch Date
    3564700451403 01V2373 followed by conditioning time Use-by date 09/24/2023
  • Products List poster_rappel_3564700451403.pdfAttachment
  • Packaging 250G bag
  • Start/end date of marketing From 09/13/2023 to 09/24/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to keep in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EMB 71270L
  • Further information Only products bearing the additional code 05 following the barcode are affected by the recall.
  • Geographical sales area Whole France
  • Distributors E. LECLERC

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France – AUVERGNE BLUE 125g – E.coli

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Gov france

  • Product category Food
  • Product subcategory Milk and dairy products
  • Product brand name GOURMET COUNTRY
  • Model names or references AUVERGNE BLUE 125g
  • Product identification
    GTIN Batch Date
    26030586 233 Minimum durability date 11/21/2023
  • Packaging 1 shell of 125g
  • Start/end date of marketing From 09/25/2023 to 09/28/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to keep in the refrigerator
  • Health mark FR 15.162.001 CE
  • Further information AUVERGNE BLUE 125G AOP
  • Geographical sales area Regions: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, , , , Burgundy-Franche-Comté, , , , Centre-Val de Loire, , , , Grand-Est, , , , Hauts-de-France, , , , Île-de-France , , , , Normandy, , , , New Aquitaine, , , , Occitanie, , , , Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
  • Distributors ALDI

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USA – Listeria in Raw Milk – Again

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Food Poison Journal

New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball today warned consumers not to consume unpasteurized raw milk from Nathaniel Thompson, doing business as (DBA) Remembrance Farm, due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.  Remembrance Farm is located at 6294 Searsburg Road, Trumansburg in Tompkins County. To date, no illnesses have been reported to the Department associated with this product.

A sample of the milk collected by an inspector from the Department was discovered to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. On August 11, 2023 the producer was notified of a preliminary positive test result. Further laboratory testing, completed on August 15, 2023, confirmed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the raw milk sample. The producer is now prohibited from selling raw milk until subsequent sampling indicates that the product is free of harmful bacteria.

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France – Tellines – DSP Biotoxin

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  • Product category Food
  • Product subcategory Fishing and aquaculture products
  • Product brand name Unbranded
  • Model names or references Tellines shipped from 09/27/23 and 09/28/23
  • Product identification
    Batch
    All lots
  • Start/end date of marketing From 09/27/2023 to 09/28/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to keep in the refrigerator
  • Health mark FR.29.158.500.CE
  • Geographical sales area Whole France
  • Distributors Wholesalers – Fishmongers – GMS

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Germany – Knackwurst Half & Half (Pork + Beef) – Salmonella

Posted on September 29, 2023 by | Leave a comment

LMW

Alert type: Groceries
Date of first publication: September 28, 2023
Product name:

Knackwurst Half & Half (Pork + Beef)

Manufacturer (distributor):

Agrargenossenschaft Moorgrund eG Landfleischerei Möhra Oberrohner Straße 6 36433 Bad Salzungen

Reason for warning:

Salmonella

Packaging Unit: loose goods with yellow clip and green ribbon
Production date: September 15, 2023
Lot identification:

Batch number: 37/23b

Additional Information:

Salmonella infection manifests itself within a few days of infection with diarrhea, abdominal pain and occasionally vomiting and a slight fever. The symptoms usually go away on their own after several days. In particular, infants, small children, seniors and people with weakened immune systems can develop more severe illnesses. People who have eaten this food and develop severe or persistent symptoms should seek medical attention and report a possible salmonella infection.

Sales are limited to the federal state of Thuringia.

Click to access R%FCckruf+Salmonellen.pdf

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Denmark – Mold/Mould in organic tomato paste

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Foedevarestyrelsen

DeliDrengene ApS is recalling TomatPASSATA, DeliDrengene’s organic tomato paste, as there may be mold in the product. Mold makes the product unsuitable as food.
If you have the product, you should discard it or return it to the store where it was purchased.

Which food is recalled

Tomato Passata, organic
Net weight: 680ml
Best before date: 31.12.2023

Lot no: LF218
EAN code: 5710908158110

The product is sold in: Several places throughout the country through Salling, Meny and Spar as well as at Espergærde Ost og Tapas, Butik Sortebro and Lägeger and online through nemlig.com.

An error in the bottling of the product has resulted in tomato appearing on the edge of the bottle. The error means that mold can develop in the product.

Mold makes the product unsuitable as food.

Read more about mold and mildew on food by clicking on the link here

If you have the product, you should discard it or return it to the store where it was purchased. 

DeliDrengene ApS

Mileparken 10C

2605 Brøndby

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New Zealand – Public health warning: shellfish biotoxin alert for Marlborough Sounds

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MPI

New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from part of Queen Charlotte Sound due to the possible presence of toxins.

“Routine tests on mussel samples taken from Okiwa Bay (The Grove) have shown levels of diarrhetic shellfish toxins more than 3.5 times the safe limit,” says New Zealand Food Safety specialist adviser Piers Harrison.

“The warning extends from The Grove up to a line from Dieffenbach Point across to West Head in the Marlborough Sounds.

“Please do not gather and eat shellfish from this area because anyone doing so is potentially at risk of getting sick.

“Cooking the shellfish does not remove the toxin, so mussels, oysters, tuatua, pipi, toheroa, cockles, scallops, catseyes, kina (sea urchin) and all other bivalve shellfish from this area should not be eaten.”

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Finland – Suspected Salmonella in Sprouted Salads

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Epressi

Snafu bud salads

Snafu Oy has announced the recall of three Silmusalaatti products. The reason for the recall is that a preliminary positive result for salmonella has been found in one box. Further investigations are underway and the company is issuing a recall as a precaution.

The recall concerns three products:  Alfalfa Green Lettuce, Broccoli Green Lettuce, and Fiery Green Lettuce. The size of the package is 110 g .  The withdrawal applies only to the expiration date  (September 28, 2023),  September 30, 2023 and October 3, 2023.

The products have been on sale in K and S group stores. In accordance with the precautionary principle, the company has already removed the items from sale on September 22, 2023.

Additional information for consumers: Snafy Oy; Samuli Laurikainen 050 412 4500, samuli@silmusalaatti.fi

The matter is handled at the Food Agency by special expert Mika Varjonen, tel. 050-38 68 416,  firstname.surname@ruokavirasto.fi .

Pictures of the products:
(Photo: Snafu Oy)

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France – Saint-Nectaire farmer “Red Cow”- Listeria monocytogenes

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  • Product category Food
  • Product subcategory Milk and dairy products
  • Product brand name Red Cow
  • Model names or references Saint-Nectaire farmer “Red Cow”
  • Product identification
    GTIN Batch Date
    3151820423030 D32140056 Minimum durability date 09/21/2023
  • Start/end date of marketing From 08/14/2023 to 09/27/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to keep in the refrigerator
  • Health mark FR63.417.001CE
  • Geographical sales area Whole France
  • Distributors Intermarché

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France – Saint-Nectaire farmer “Medal” – Listeria monocytogenes

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Gov france

  • Product category Food
  • Product subcategory Milk and dairy products
  • Product brand name Medal
  • Model names or references Saint-Nectaire farmer “Medalist”
  • Product identification
    GTIN Batch Date
    3151820423597 D32140056 Minimum durability date 09/23/2023
  • Start/end date of marketing From 08/16/2023 to 09/27/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to keep in the refrigerator
  • Health mark FR63.417.001CE
  • Geographical sales area Whole France
  • Distributors Intermarché

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