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Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food production industry in the world. Due to concerns about sustainability, the need to replace fish meal with plant-based protein alternatives becomes more urgent. However, plant-based ingredients are often contaminated with mycotoxins, increasing the health risks to fish.
Plant-based ingredients in commercial fish diets include maize, soybean meal and various cereal grains, each representing a potential source of mycotoxins.
Mycotoxin-contaminated fish feed is a widespread problem, especially in tropical regions and developing countries where the farmers themselves often make fish feeds under inappropriate conditions with improper milling and/or storage. In addition to their impact on fish health, some mycotoxins can also accumulate in fish tissue, thereby posing a possible food safety risk.
According to a recent risk assessment study on mycotoxin contamination in fish feeds in Europe, deoxynivalenol (DON) is one of the primary mycotoxins present. DON is produced by over 50 species of Fusarium fungi, which mainly infect crops such as wheat and maize before harvest. Fusarium fungi produce a range of mycotoxins, such as fumonisins, the trichothecenes — most strongly associated with chronic and fatal toxic effects in animals and humans — and zearalenone, which is known to affect the fertility of many animal species, including aquatic species such as fish and shrimp.
The impact of mycotoxins depends on several factors including:
Most common issues include:
These are often associated with other on-farm concerns, so the mycotoxin risk is currently underestimated.
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We aim to identify possible biological, social, and economic factors that could influence the prevalence of foodborne botulism (FB). The objective of this article is to assess epidemiological peculiarities of FB in Ukraine from 1955 to 2018 using national epidemiological surveillance data. This article presents an epidemiological descriptive population-based study of the epidemiology of FB using correlation analysis. From 1955 to 2018, 8614 cases of botulism were recorded in Ukraine causing 659 deaths. The distribution of types of botulism toxins is represented by type A (7.97%), B (59.64%), suspected as C (0.56%), E (25.47%), others (5.33%), and unidentified (1.04%). From 1990 to 2015, the rate correlation between Human Development Index (HDI) and incidence of botulism was −0.75 ± 0.20. Homemade canned meat and fish continue to be the leading causes of botulism in Ukraine. Cases related to commercial food were rare or absent, but in recent years (2017–2018), their percentage has increased to 32.56%. The HDI and botulism have an inverse mathematical correlation and predictable logical relationship: with an HDI increase, the incidence of FB decreased. In general, food botulism in Ukraine is related to traditional socioeconomic factors related to cultural food habits. In the face of declining living standards and uncertainty that food products will be physically or economically available, homemade preservation increases. Home food preservation is a major cause of botulism in Ukraine. The elimination of FB is possible in Ukraine only with the complete cessation of home canning and state control over the manufacture and sale of commercial canned products.
Posted in Bacterial Toxin, Clostridium, Clostridium botulinum, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Research, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Toxin, microbial contamination, Microbiological Risk Assessment, Microbiology, Microbiology Investigations, Research, Toxin
Recall of Cora
Product: Beef-based preparations, sold via the Cora butcher’s stand in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert.
Problem: Presence of Escherichia Coli (STEC).
As part of a self-test, the presence of Escherichia Coli (STEC) was detected in:
Beef-based preparations, sold via the Cora de Woluwe-Saint-Lambert butcher’s stand:
• Batch number: BE961762132 and all packaged preparations from 01/08 to 11/08/2021
• Date of packaging: from 08/01 to 08/11/2021
The products were distributed via the Cora of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (1200 Brussels) .
CORA has decided, in agreement with the AFSCA (Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain), to withdraw all production made from this raw material from sale.
Customers who have purchased one of these products are asked not to consume them and to bring them back to the point of sale, where they will be reimbursed.
People who have consumed the products mentioned above and who have symptoms such as gastrointestinal disorders are invited to consult their doctor, notifying him of this consumption as well as the place and date of purchase.
In the meantime, the products have been removed from the shelf of this store and a ‘Customer Reminder’ poster is displayed at this point of sale.
We sincerely apologize to our customers for this inconvenience and assure them that we will take more effective measures with our supplier to avoid this type of incident.
For any further information, contact:
alerts-retraits@cora.be
+3271699524
The CORA Quality Department
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Ground almonds ORGANIC
Recall Horst Bode Naturkost GmbH
Bode Naturkost GmbH Havighorster Weg 6 21031 Hamburg
Aflatoxins
Baden-Württemberg:poststelle@mlr.bwl.de
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