Category Archives: Food Toxin

Taiwan – Students, staff at Miaoli school fall ill with suspected food poisoning

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Taipei, May 7 (CNA) A total of 143 students and staff members at Jhunan Junior High School in Miaoli have come down with nausea and stomach pains, in what is believed to be a case of mass food poisoning, the county’s Education Department said Friday.

The 143 people fell ill after eating meals provided by the school kitchen Wednesday, the department’s head Qiu Ting-yue (邱廷岳) said.

Twelve of the students, who were taken to hospital by their parents, were diagnosed with gastroenteritis likely caused by a norovirus, Qiu said.

She said the meals were provided by a catering service contracted by the school.

The meals served on Wednesday included pumpkin rice, stir-fried vegetables, fish fillets, and vegetable-and-meat soup, Qiu said.

According to the school, the Miaoli Department of Health has collected samples of the food and some of the kitchenware for analysis and is awaiting the results.

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USA – Massachusetts Department of Public Health Listeria food testing prompts expanded national recall of Enoki mushrooms – Listeria monocytogenes

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Food Poison Journal

In 2020, a total of 36 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes were reported from 17 states linked to Enoki mushrooms.

Testing conducted by disease investigators at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has led to the expansion of a national recall today of Enoki mushrooms, after two packages the investigators purchased in the Commonwealth tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

Guan’s Mushroom Co. of Commerce, CA said today it was recalling all packages of its Enoki mushrooms and suspending national distribution after tests conducted at the Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory by staff from DPH’s Food Laboratory came back positive for Listeria monocytogenes

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Lithuania – Outbreak of food-borne infection suspected at Aušra progymnasium in Lithuanian Sports University

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VMVT

The State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS) informs that today, after receiving information from the management of Kėdainiai Aušra Progymnasium of the Lithuanian Sports University about the disabled children and the kitchen worker, it immediately started the investigation.

SFVS available on May 7. 12 children who ate in the canteen of the said school felt unwell. Several of them are treated in hospital.

Inspectors were informed that a kitchen worker at this progymnasium also felt unwell for several days.

After the SFVS Kaunas Department inspectors went to the site to check the samples, the investigation of the suspected outbreak of food-borne infection was started.

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Belgium – “PIMENTAO DOCE” (sweet paprika, 50g) from the Dom Duarte brand – Ochratoxin A

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AFSCA

Recall of ALIMENTAR SRL
Product: “PIMENTAO DOCE” (sweet paprika, 50g) from the Dom Duarte brand.
Problem: too high ochratoxin A content (exceeding the standard).
In agreement with the AFSCA, ALIMENTAR SRL withdraws the sweet paprika “PIMENTAO DOCE” (50g) of the Dom Duarte brand from sale and recalls it to consumers because of too high a content of ochratoxin A (exceeding the standard ).

ALIMENTAR SRL asks its customers not to consume this product and to bring it back to the point of sale where it was purchased where it will be refunded.

Product description

– Product category: sweet paprika
– Product name: PIMENTAO DOCE
– Brand: DOM DUARTE
– Best before date (DDM): 30/06/2024
– Batch number: L 169S20
– Sale period: from 20 / 01/2021 to 04/28/2021
– Type of packaging: plastic package
– Weight: 50g

The product was distributed by: ALIMENTAR SRL (Anderlecht) and sold through various points of sale in Belgium.

For any further information , contact:
Madam: Maïté Pereira
Email address: info@alimentar.be

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RASFF Alert – Mycotoxin – Ochratoxin A – Paprika Powder

Posted on May 7, 2021 by KSW | Leave a comment

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Ochratoxin A in paprika powder from Portugal in the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal

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RASFF Alert – Aflatoxin – Pistachios – Groundnuts – Almonds

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Aflatoxin B1 in pistachios from Iran in Germany and Belgium

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Aflatoxin in groundnuts from Egypt in the Netherlands

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Aflatoxin in almonds from Australia in Spain

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Aflatoxin in almonds from Australia in Spain

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Research – Aflatoxins threaten food security for millions in East Africa

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As the planet heats up, a type of mycotoxin called “aflatoxin” is increasingly affecting maize and peanut crops in East Africa — vital crops that hundreds millions of people on the continent depend on for nutrition and calories. If eaten, they can be deadly and lead to disease. But they aren’t easy to detect.

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