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UK – Poland promises action to reassure UK on poultry meat safety

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Officials from Poland and the United Kingdom have met virtually to discuss the safety of Polish poultry meat after it was linked to several outbreaks.

Grzegorz Puda, Polish minister of Agriculture and Forestry, spoke remotely this past week with George Eustice, secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Puda said he had taken direct charge of the issue of Salmonella in Polish poultry meat.

“Despite the difficult pandemic situation, Poland will take all measures to minimize and eliminate the UK’s concerns about the quality and safety of Polish poultry,” he said.

“Poland is ready to cooperate with the UK on sequencing of the Salmonella genome in poultry products.”

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France – Product recall: JECA brand sundried tomato and Mediterranean herb terrine – Listeria monocytogenes

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Oulah

Product recall: JECA brand sundried tomato and Mediterranean herb terrine

ENCOUNTERED PROBLEM

Presence of Listeria monocytogenes

PROPOSED SOLUTION

People who may have this product are asked not to consume it and to return it to the point of sale where it was purchased.

People who have consumed this product and who have a fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, are invited to consult their doctor, notifying him of this consumption.
Pregnant women should pay special attention to these symptoms, as well as immunocompromised people and the elderly. These symptoms may suggest listeriosis, a disease that can be serious and can take up to eight weeks to incubate.

FURTHER INFORMATION

▸ Barcode
3271620042399

▸ Lot
21041610200

▸ DLC
05/26/2021

▸
Terrine packaging of 2.8 kg

▸ Start date / End of marketing
From 04/20/2021 to 04/27/2021

▸ Health mark
BE B 202 CE

▸ Geographical sales area
…

▸ Distributors
• Carrefour
• Leclerc
• Intermarché
• Cora
• Auchan
• U

▸ Consumer service contact
0387876510

▸ Source
https://rappel.conso.gouv.fr/

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Spain – Update of the information regarding the withdrawal of heat-treated meat products due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes and lack of health guarantees

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ACSA

sausage affected by the alert

The Public Health Agency of Catalonia of the Department of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya (ASPCAT) has notified the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) – through the State Food Alert Network ( SCIRI ) – of new information regarding the withdrawal of different meat products treated by the heat elaborated by the establishment EMBOTITS D’OIX, SL of Girona, by the presence of Listeria monocytogenes and lack of sanitary guarantees.

In the course of the investigations carried out, the ASPCAT has extended the product withdrawal to batch number 2115 , of the same products.

With the new information, the data of the products involved in this alert are as follows:

– Products withdrawn:

Egg sausage
White bull
Black sausage
Liver sausage
Sausage with parsley

– Trademark: D’OIX

– Lots involved: 2106 ; 2107 ; 2108 ; 2109 ; 2110 ; 2111 ; 2112 ; 2113 ; 2114 and 2115

– Identification mark: ES 10.04277 / GE (CE)

It also expands the information regarding its distribution, which has been in Catalonia and Spain (Aragon, Balearic Islands, Castilla-La Mancha, Valencia and Madrid).

ASPCAT is carrying out actions to verify the withdrawal of the product from the market, the investigation of the causes and the application of corrective measures in the manufacturing establishment, which has suspended its activity at the request of this Agency.

To date, no affected person has been detected in Catalonia.

As a precautionary measure, people are advised to have batches of the products listed above at home, refrain from consuming them and return them to points of sale.

In the case of having consumed these products from the affected batches and presenting any symptoms compatible with Listeriosis (vomiting, diarrhea and fever), it is recommended to go to a health center.

For more information on this disease, you can call CatSalut 24 hours a day (061).

In the event that new information on this withdrawal is available, ASPCAT will update this statement.

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Sweden – ICA recalls ICA Hamburger, frozen, 20×90 g (1800 g) -Salmonella

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Livsmedelsverket

ICA recalls ICA Hamburgers, frozen, 20x90g (1800g), after the supplier informed ICA that salmonella has been detected in the meat raw material during a routine inspection. The recall only applies to products marked with best-before date 2022-02-13

ICA recalls ICA Hamburger, frozen, 20x90g (1800g), after the supplier informed ICA that salmonella has been detected in the meat raw material during a routine inspection. The recall only applies to products marked with the best-before date 2022-02-13.

Incidents such as this are carefully investigated and an action plan with preventive measures is drawn up and then followed up.

– We and the supplier are now investigating how this may have happened and what measures we can take to prevent it from happening again, says Lena Sparring, quality manager at ICA Sweden.

Supervisory authority Solna City and the National Food Administration have been informed.

Upon recall, the products are stopped at checkout and are not possible to buy. ICA regrets what happened and urges customers who have purchased the product to return the product to the ICA store where it was purchased, complain via ica.se or contact ICA’s customer contact on telephone 020-83 33 33. ICA’s customer contact is open weekdays between 8:00 and 3 p.m. In case of perceived symptoms, we refer to healthcare.

For more information
ICA Gruppen’s press service, telephone: +46 (0) 10 422 52 52,
ica.se , icagruppen.se

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Research – Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 linked with consumption of a fast-food product containing imported cucumbers, United Kingdom, August 2020

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IJID Online

Background

In August 2020, an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 occurred in the United Kingdom. Whole genome sequencing revealed these cases formed a genetically distinct cluster.

Methods

Hypotheses generated from case interviews were tested in analytical studies, and results informed environmental sampling and food chain analysis. A case-case study used non-outbreak ‘comparison’ STEC cases; a case-control study used a market research panel to recruit controls.

Results

A total of 36 cases were identified; all cases reported symptom onset between 3^rd and 16^th August 2020. The majority of cases (83%) resided in the Midlands region of England or Wales. A high proportion of cases reported eating out, with one fast-food restaurant chain mentioned by 64% (n = 23) of cases. Both case-case (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 31.8, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.6 – 624.9) and case-control (aOR 9.19, 95% CI 1.0 – 82.8) studies provided statistically significant results that consumption of a specific fast-food product was independently associated with infection.

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Denmark – Risk of mold growth in sliced Spanish cheese -Update

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DVFA

BIGFOOD Danmark ApS is recalling Spanish hard cheese in slices after the company has found leaks in individual packages, and there is thus a risk of mold growth in the product. Foods with skim growth are unsuitable as foods. Updated 26.04.2021 with additional points of sale.

Recalled Foods , Published: April 23, 2021

Modified April 26, 2021

Which food:
Palancares Semi-Curado / Spanish hard cheese in slices
Net content: 90 grams
Best before date: 25.06.2021
Lot number: 0563660421

Palancares Curado / Spanish hard cheese in slices
Net content: 90 grams
Best before date: 26.06.2021
Lot number: 0573660121

Sold in:
Kvickly, SuperBrugsen, DagliBrugsen, Coop365 and Fakta stores throughout the country.

Company recalling:
BIGFOOD Danmark ApS

Cause:
There is a risk of mold growth in the product.

Risk:
Mold growth means that the product is considered 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.

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