Category Archives: Food Testing

USA – Listeria Outbreak Linked to Ice Cream

CDC

Fast Facts
  • Illnesses: 2
  • Hospitalizations: 2
  • Deaths: 0
  • States: 2
  • Recall: Yes
  • Investigation status: Active

Various types of ice cream in small cups.

Recalled Food

“Soft Serve On The Go” Ice Cream Cups

  • Flavors include:
    • Vanilla chocolate
    • Caramel
    • Parve vanilla chocolate
    • Peanut butter lite
    • Razzle
    • Sorbet strawberry mango
  • Sold nationwide at many types of stores, including:
    • Grocery stores
    • Convenience stores
    • Canteens
  • Distributed by Real Kosher Ice Cream to businesses and institutions, including:
    • Long-term care facilities
    • Nursing homes
    • Schools
    • Camps
  • Distributed internationally to:
    • Belgium
    • Brazil
    • Canada
    • Mexico
    • United Kingdom

On August 9, Real Kosher Ice Cream recalled all flavors of their “Soft Serve On The Go” ice cream cups.

Listeria was found in a “Soft Serve On The Go” ice cream cup collected from a sick person’s freezer, and laboratory scientists are working to determine if it is the outbreak strain of Listeria.

What You Should Do
  • Do not eat “Soft Serve On The Go” ice cream cups.
    • Check your freezers. Listeria can survive at freezing temperatures.
    • Throw them away or return them to where you bought them for a refund.
    • If you have any questions, contact the company at 845-668-4346 or info@softserveonthego.com (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5 pm EST).
  • Call a healthcare provider right away if you have these symptoms after eating the ice cream:
    • Pregnant people usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness.
    • People who are not pregnant usually have fever, muscle aches, and tiredness. They may also get a headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, or seizures.
What Businesses and Institutions Should Do
  • Businesses and institutions, including long-term care facilities, hospitals, school, and camps, should not sell or serve “Soft Serve On The Go” ice cream cups.
    • Many of your patients or clients could be at higher risk for Listeria illness (65 years or older, have a weakened immune system, or are pregnant).

UK – St Pierre is recalling 6 Pains Au Chocolat because of the possible presence of mould

Gov UK

St Pierre is recalling 6 Pains Au Chocolat because of the possible presence of mould.

Product details

St Pierre 6 Pains Au Chocolat
Pack size 6 pack
Best before 17 September 2023, 25 September 2023 and 01 October 2023

Risk statement

The possible presence of mould may make the product unsafe to eat.

Action taken by the company

St Pierre is recalling the above product and has issued point-of-sale notices to their customers. These notices explain to customers why the product is being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notice.

Our advice to consumers

If you have bought any of the above product do not eat it. Instead, return it to your nearest store for a full refund. You do not need your receipt. If you would like any further information please contact: enquiries@stpierregroupe.com

UK – Iceland Foods recalls Cathedral City Cheese & Ham Gratin because of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

Gov UK

Iceland is recalling Cathedral City Cheese & Ham Gratin because Listeria monocytogenes has been found in the product.

Product details

Cathedral City Cheese & Ham Gratin
Pack size 400g
Best before 02 May 2024

Risk statement

The product listed above is contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes which can cause illness if consumed.

Symptoms caused by this organism can be similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea. Some people are more vulnerable to listeria infections, including those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and their unborn babies, babies less than one month old and people with weakened immune systems.

Action taken by the company

Iceland Foods is recalling the above product and has issued point-of-sale notices to their customers. These notices explain to customers why the product is being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notices.

Our advice to consumers

If you have bought the above product do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund (with or without a receipt). For more information contact Iceland customer care on 0800 328 0800.

RASFF Alert – Aflatoxin – Rice Cakes

Gov france

Aflatoxins in rice cakes from the Netherlands, via Germany in  Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovenia.

RASFF Alert – Food poisoning due to venison and wild boar meat consumption

RASFF

Food poisoning due to venison and wild boar meat consumption in  France, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

RASFF Alert – Histamine – Lanzard

RASFF

histamine over the limit in lanzard (scomber japonicus) from France in Italy

RASFF Alert- STEC E.coli – Beef Meat

RASFF

STEC in taurus meat from Brazil, at the border in the Netherlands and Belgium

RASFF Alert- Staphylococcus aureus – Babi Pangang

RASFF

Too high of Staphylococcus aureus in babi pangang  from the Netherlands in Belgium

RASFF Alert- Listeria monocytogenes – Smoked Salmon

RASFF

Listeria monocytogenes in smoked salmon from Poland in Germany

RASFF Alerts- Vibrio cholerae – Shrimp

RASFF

Vibrio cholerae in frozen shrimps from Ecuador in Bulgaria

RASFF

Vibrio cholerae in shrimps from Ecuador in Spain