Category Archives: Food Testing

France – Fine Calabrian – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identifying information for the recalled product

  • Product category Food
  • Product sub-category Meats
  • Product brand name E. Chavassieux
  • Names of models or references Fine Calabrian
  • Product identification
    Lot Dated
    33/34 Recommended consumption date 10/22/2021
  • Packaging Unity
  • Start date / End of marketing From 08/24/2021 to 08/27/2021
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Further information Pair of thin sausages
  • Geographical sales area Whole France
  • Distributors See list below
  • List of points of saleREMINDER_CONSO_listing_clients_fines_calabraises_.pdf

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Presence of listeria
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

France – Linosa caper dry sausage – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identifying information for the recalled product

  • Product category Food
  • Product sub-category Meats
  • Product brand name E. Chavassieux
  • Names of models or references Linosa dry sausages with capers
  • Product identification
    Lot Dated
    33/36 Recommended consumption date 11/05/2021
  • Packaging Unity
  • Start date / End of marketing From 09/07/2021 to 09/10/2021
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Further information Green twine
  • Geographical sales area Whole France
  • Distributors See list below
  • List of points of saleREMINDER_CONSO_LISTE_DES_CLIENTS_SECHE_AUX_CAPRES.pdf

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Presence of listeria
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

France – Dried sausage – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identifying information for the recalled product

  • Product category Food
  • Product sub-category Meats
  • Product brand name Salting E. Chavassieux
  • Names of models or references Dry sausages
  • Product identification
    Lot Dated
    33/36 Recommended consumption date 11/05/2021
  • Packaging Unity
  • Start date / End of marketing From 09/07/2021 to 09/10/2021
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
  • Further information Red string
  • Geographical sales area Whole France
  • Distributors See list below
  • List of points of saleREMINDER_CONSO_listing_clients_saucisse_sèche.pdf

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Presence of monocytogenic listeria
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)
  • Consumer behavior Stop consuming
    Return the product to the point of sale
    Contact the point of sale
    Contact the consumer service
  • Sanitary recommendation People who have consumed the “products” mentioned above and who have fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, and muscle aches, are invited to consult their doctor, notifying him of this consumption. Serious forms with neurological complications and maternal or foetal damage in pregnant women can also sometimes occur. Pregnant women as well as immunocompromised people and the elderly should pay special attention to these symptoms. Listeriosis is a disease that can be serious and can take up to eight weeks to incubate.
  • Contact number0471655275
  • Compensation modalities Refund
    Exchange
  • End date of the recall procedure Monday, November 8, 2021

Germany – Organic whole spelled spaghetti – Mycotoxins – Ergot Alkaloids

LMW

Warning type:

Food

Date of first publication:

09/20/2021

Product name:

BEST COUNTRY QUALITY Organic whole spelled spaghetti 500 g; Best before: 02/25/2023 BEST LAND QUALITY Organic whole spelled spaghetti 500 g; Best before: 02/26/2023

Product pictures:

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 Customer information

Manufacturer (distributor):

Alb-Gold company

Reason for warning:

An increased content of ergot alkaloids was found in the affected products.

Packaging Unit:

500 g

Durability:

see customer information

Lot identification:

not specified

Additional Information:

Reference is made to the company’s customer information sheet attached.

Contact to the responsible authorities:

Baden-Württemberg:poststelle@mlr.bwl.de

Bavaria:poststelle@lgl.bayern.de
Brandenburg:Konsumenterschutz@Msgiv.Brandenburg.de
Hesse:Schnellwarnung@rpda.hessen.de
Lower Saxony:poststelle@ml.niedersachsen.de
North Rhine-Westphalia:poststelle@mulnv.nrw.de
Rhineland-Palatinate:Poststelle.Referat22@lua.rlp.de
Saxony:poststelle@sms.sachsen.de
Schleswig-Holstein:poststelle@jumi.landsh.de

France – Frozen raw shelled shell meat – Norovirus

Gov france

Identifying information for the recalled product

  • Product category Food
  • Product sub-category Others
  • Product brand name Neutral
  • Names of models or references Frozen shelled raw shell meat in a 1 kg vacuum bag
  • Product identification
    GTIN Lot Dated
    3760201462119 200123D Date of minimum durability 01/25/2022
  • Products List List_products_concerned.pdfEnclosed
  • Packaging Flexible / flexible transparent thermoformed plastic bags
  • Start date / End of marketing From 04/26/2021 to 09/13/2021
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the freezer
  • Health mark FR 56.121.005 CE
  • Geographical sales area Whole France
  • Distributors Le Repaire de Cartouche Les Viviers de Saint Colomban La Paimpolaise Conserverie Kaviari SAS Soprolux Gourmets de l’Ain The Baskets at the Château Le Coin des Chefs
  • List of points of sale List_of_sale_points.pdf

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Presence of Norovirus
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Norovirus

USA – Restaurants Are Included in a Salmonella Outbreak That Has Sickened 127

Food Poisoning Bulletin

Restaurants are included in a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 127 people in 25 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The government does not yet know which food item caused this outbreak, or if there is another cause.

Eighteen people, out of 49 that gave information to health officials, have been hospitalized, which is a rate of 37%, almost double the typical Salmonella outbreak rate. This could mean that more vulnerable people were sickened, or that the pathogen is quite virulent, or that the pathogen load in the food was quite high.

The CDC has stated that several subclusters at restaurants in multiple states have been identified. These subclusters can help officials solve outbreaks, since they can use traceback from restaurant supplier purchases to try to identify a common food.

A Salmonella outbreak at La Mex restaurant in Morris, Illinois may be part of a multistate outbreak, according to the Grundy County Health Department. But there is no official word on whether that outbreak is part of this larger one.

Canada – Outbreak connected to shredded pork rinds leads to CFIA warning – Salmonella

Food Safety News

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Ontario Ministry of Health are warning restaurants in the Greater Toronto Area not to purchase, use, or serve certain brand less Shredded pork rinds because of possible Salmonella contamination.

This warning was triggered by an investigation into a foodborne illness outbreak of salmonellosis. The outbreak is associated with consumption of food dishes containing shredded pork rind and/or shredded pork skin from certain restaurants serving Vietnamese NS other Asian cuisine in the GTA.

These products were sold frozen to restaurants in clear plastic bags with no labels, no lot codes, no identifiers, and no cooking instructions.

Recalled products:

The following products are known to have been sold to certain restaurants in the GTA which serve Vietnamese/Asian meals

Brand Product Size UPC Codes Additional Information
None Shredded pork rind various none none Products are sold frozen in clear plastic bags, with no labels, no lot codes, no identifiers, and no cooking instructions.
None Shredded pork skin various none none

Restaurants should check to see if you have the affected products. If the products are in their facility, they should not be used.

As of the posting of this warning, there have been reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products. The Ontario Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Public Health Ontario, local public health units and food safety partners are investigating an outbreak of human illness.

France – SUPERIOR HAM -Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identifying information for the recalled product

  • Product category Food
  • Product sub-category Others
  • Product brand name REFLET from FRANCE
  • Names of models or references SUPERIOR HAM 2 slices 120g
  • Product identification
    GTIN Lot Dated
    3560071193706 1243 Use-by date 02/10/2021
  • Packaging2 slices
  • Start date / End of marketing From 08/31/2021 to 10/02/2021
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Further information Supplier: SLICING OF JASSE. SAS
  • Geographical sales areaWhole France
  • Distributors crossroads

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Listeria
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

Germany – Raw milk Camembert made from fresh Schönberger cow’s milk – STEC E.coli

LMW

Warning type:

Food

Date of first publication:

15.09.2021

Product name:

Raw milk Camembert made from fresh Schönberger cow’s milk

Manufacturer (distributor):

Schumann & Kuhnert GbR Hohes Haus 14 07570 Weida OT Schömberg

Reason for warning:

Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC, syn.VTEC)

Packaging Unit:

approx. 150 – 200 g

Durability:

09/24/2021

Production date:

08/11/2021

Additional Information:

The cheese was offered from August 25th, 2021 to September 1st, 2021 in the yard sale of the Schumann & Kuhnert GbR company in 07570 Weida OT Schömberg.

A warning is given against consuming the cheese.

EHEC usually manifests itself within a week of infection with diarrhea and abdominal cramps. In particular, infants, toddlers, the elderly and people with a weakened immune system can develop more severe disease with bloody diarrhea. In rare cases, especially in small children, acute kidney failure can occur in a second episode of the disease a few days after the onset of diarrhea. People who have eaten this food and develop severe or persistent symptoms should seek medical attention and advise them of possible EHEC infection. Seeking preventive medical treatment without symptoms does not make sense.

Contact to the responsible authorities:

 

Saxony:

poststelle@sms.sachsen.de

Thuringia:

LM-Ueberendung@tlv.thueringen.de

Press releases and information
title Attachment or web link
Product recall letter Camembert Schumann & Kuhnert GbR

Germany – REWE house brand, onion sausage ball, approx. 90g – Salmonella

LMW

Warning type:

Food

Date of first publication:

15.09.2021

Product name:

REWE house brand, onion sausage ball, approx. 90g

Product pictures:

Onion Mettwurst.JPG

Consumer information from REWE Dortmund SE & Co. KG

Manufacturer (distributor):

REWE Dortmund SE & Co. KG

Reason for warning:

possible contamination of salmonella

Durability:

09/26/2021

Lot identification:

Lot 60805470321

Additional Information:

More details can be found in the enclosed consumer information from REWE.

Only markets in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia are affected.

Contact to the responsible authorities:

North Rhine-Westphalia:poststelle@mulnv.nrw.de

Press releases and information
title Attachment or web link
Consumer information from REWE Dortmund SE & Co. KG