Category Archives: Food Testing

USA – Famous Anthony’s Hepatitis A Virginia Outbreak Grows to 35 Sick

Food Poisoning Bulletin

The Famous Anthony’s Hepatitis A Virginia outbreak has now sickened 35 people and hospitalized more than 20 of those patients, according to news reports. The Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts announced on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 that the cases have more than doubled over the last two weeks. The illnesses are linked to three Famous Anthony’s restaurant locations in Roanoke.

Belgium – Crêpes de Bruges, Crêpes dessert de Bruges, Cora Crêpes Dessert, Carrefour Original Mini Crêpes – Listeria monocytogenes

AFSCA

Recall of bvba Geal
Product: Crêpes de Bruges, Crêpes dessert de Bruges, Cora Crêpes Dessert, Carrefour Original Mini Crêpes.
Problem: possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.


In agreement with the AFSCA, bvba Geal is withdrawing the products Crêpes de Bruges, Crêpes dessert de Bruges, Cora Crêpes Dessert, Carrefour Original Mini Crêpes from the sale and is recalling them to consumers following the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.

Bvba Geal asks its customers not to consume these products and to bring them back to the point of sale where they were purchased, where they will be reimbursed.

Description of the products:

Bruges pancakes and Bruges dessert pancakes
Expiration dates / lots: B13 / 10/2021; E13 / 10/2021; A15 / 10/2021; C15 / 10/2021; 10/18/2021; B20 / 10/2021; 22/10/2021; 25/10/2021; C20 / 10/2021; E22 / 10/2021; G22 / 10/2021; C25 / 10/2021; C27 / 10/2021; E27 / 10/2021; C29 / 10/2021; A01 / 11/2021; D29 / 10/2021; F29 / 10/2021; B01 / 11/2021

 

Cora Crêpes dessert
Lots: A15 / 10/2021; G22 / 10/2021; F29 / 10/2021

Carrefour Original Mini Crêpes
Lots: A13 / 10/2021; C22 / 10/2021; 25/10/2021; A03 / 11/2021

Sales period: from 09/07/2021 to 10/11/2021
Type of packaging: plastic film
Weight: 250 g and 500 g

The products were distributed through various points of sale, including the Delhaize, Carrefour and Intermarché stores .

For any further information , contact:

Mrs Annick Persyn
Telephone number: 050 320213 / Email address: quality@yummybakery.eu

UK – Retailer’s Campylobacter test results in maximum FSA category

Food Safety News

Marks and Spencer has recorded the highest Campylobacter in chicken results in the most recent quarterly figures reported in the United Kingdom.

The newest data covers April to June for nine retailers on Campylobacter in fresh, shop-bought UK-produced chickens.

For Marks and Spencer, 5 percent were in the maximum category in April, 9 percent in May, and 9 percent in June based on a sample of 376 chickens taken from store shelves across the United Kingdom. This compares to 2 percent above 1,000 CFU/g in January, 3 percent in February and 4 percent in March based on tests of 292 chickens.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) maximum level is 7 percent of birds with more than 1,000 colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) of Campylobacter.

Waitrose has not updated its results from the first quarter of this year or provided them to Food Safety News when asked to do so. Levels at the supermarket for the previous quarter were zero percent in the above 1,000 CFU/g category.

Results of chickens in the highest contamination bracket went up for all other retailers except Tesco.

Italy – Hof zu Fall – “Natur” cutting cheese – STEC E.coli

Salute

Brand : Hof zu Fall

Denomination : “Natur” cutting cheese

Reason for reporting : Recall due to microbiological risk

Publication date : 14 October 2021

Click to access C_17_PubblicazioneRichiami_1522_azione_itemAzione0_files_itemFiles0_fileAzione.pdf

Luxembourg – CRÊPES DESSERT DE LA MARQUE CORA – Listeria monocytogenes

SAP

RECALL: CORA BRAND DESSERT PANCAKES

Presence of Listeria monocytogens

Cora recalls the following product:

name Dessert pancakes
Mark Cora
Unity 250 g
Bar code 5400134279276
Lot & Best before date (DLC) E17 / 09/2021; E24/09/2021; B01 / 10/2021;

D08 / 10/2021; A15 / 10/2021; G22 / 10/2021;

F29 / 10/2021

Sale period from 08/27/2021 to 10/12/2021

Danger  : Presence of Listeria monocytogenes

Listeria monocytogenes can cause fever, headache, and gastroenteritis. Vulnerable people such as the immunocompromised and the elderly and young children may experience neurological symptoms due to meningitis. Pregnant women should also pay special attention to these symptoms. Gastroenteritis can appear between a few hours and 3 days after consumption, while neurological symptoms can only appear after 3 months. People who have consumed these products and have these symptoms are advised to consult a doctor, notifying him of this consumption.

Sale in Luxembourg by: Cora

Source of information: Cora recall notification

Click to access Affiche-rappel-crepes-cora-listeria-FR.pdf

Czech Republic – Delicate sausages – Listeria monocytogenes

Potravinynapranyri

Illustration photo no. 1

Place of inspection:
Libina ( Libina 194, 78805 Libina )
Company ID: 43985319
Unsatisfactory parameter:

Listeria monocytogenes

The pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes was detected in the product . This bacterium can cause a condition called listeriosis.

Expiration date: 9/1/2021
Producer: Tomas Kappel, Libina
Country of origin:  Czechia
Reference number: 21-000066-SVS-CZ
The sample was found by official inspection of the State Veterinary Administration.

Denmark – Mold/Mould on vegan sausages

DVFA

Rømer Vegan Product ApS is recalling a batch of Rømer Vegan Organic Plant sausages due to the discovery of mold on the product. Updated on 12.10.2021 with correction of stores, the product is sold in.

Recalled Foods , Published: October 12, 2021

Modified October 12, 2021

What food:
Romer Vegan Organic Plant sausages
Net weight: 250g
Best before date: 18.10.2021
EAN-Code: 5708665800007
Sold in:
Irma stores across the country
Company withdraws:
Romer Vegan Product ApS
Vrinners Bygade 45 8420 Knebel

Cause :
The company has found that there is a risk of mold in the product.
Risk:
Mold formation makes the product unsuitable as food.
Advice for consumers: The Danish
Veterinary and Food Administration advises consumers to deliver the product back to the store where it was purchased, or to discard it. 

USA- Bean Sprouts and Soy Sprouts recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Food Poison Journal

The purpose of this announcement is to advise you that Fullei Fresh is voluntarily recalling Bean Sprouts and Soy Sprouts as a precaution due to possible exposure to listeria monocytogenes. Affected lots are numbered consecutively between 251 and 271. They were harvested and shipped to distributors between September 14 and October 5, 2021. Both conventional and organic bean sprouts as well as soy sprouts are voluntarily recalled. No other products are affected at this time as they are grown and packed in segregated departments.

India – Maha: Six of family hospitalised due to suspected food poisoning

Outlook India

In a suspected food poisoning case, six members of a family, including a six-year old girl, fell ill after eating a food item made of ”bhagar” (barnyard millet) at a village in Jalna district of Maharashtra on Thursday, a district official said.

They have been admitted to hospitals, he said.

The affected family members reside at Antarwali Sarati village in Ambad tehsil. Apart from the minor girl, the victims – aged between 27 and 55 – ate the food item made of bhagar (which is generally consumed during fasting by Hindus) on the occasion of Navratri that began from Thursday. However, after that, they started suffering from dizziness and vomiting. They were taken to a local hospital, the official said.

USA – Restaurant-related Hepatitis A outbreak doubles in size; more illnesses likely

Food Safety News

The case count in a hepatitis A outbreak linked to restaurants in Virginia has doubled. At least 30 people are now infected with the virus, which can cause life-threatening liver infections.

Health officials said the window for symptoms to appear is ongoing, so they may continue to hear of new cases for at least a few more weeks, according to the Roanoke Times. It can take up to 50 days after exposure to the virus for symptoms to begin, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At least three of the patients have been admitted to hospitals.

The infected people ate at three Famous Anthony’s restaurants, according to the Virginia Department of Health. Cynthia Morrow from the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts provided an update on the outbreak recently.