Category Archives: Food Toxin

Mexico – Mother’s Day celebration goes south after barbacoa poisons 27

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Mexico News Daily

Enjoying a bite to eat at public events is proving risky: two weeks ago more than 1,000 people came down with food poisoning after eating cake at Children’s Day celebrations, while the latest incident has been blamed on bad barbacoa.

At least 27 people became ill in San Sebastián Coatlán, Oaxaca, where the municipal government hosted a Mother’s Day celebration last Friday and served barbacoa for the event.

Health official Mario Martínez Rojas said the local IMSS clinic was overrun by the number of cases and ran out of medical supplies to care for the victims of food poisoning.

 

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Malaysia – 36 tahfiz students down with food poisoning

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ALOR SETAR: A total of 36 students from the Institute of Al-Quran Darul Aman (IQDAR) here had to be rushed to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital (HSB) for suspected food poisoning this morning.

The students, comprising 21 boys and 15 girls, had suffered from abdominal pain, diarrhoea, dizziness and vomiting.

Fifteen were sent to HSB from 9am, while the rest were treated at the hostel.

IQDAR deputy director Muhammad Yusni Yaakob said the institute noted something was amiss after many students failed to show up for classes at 8am.

“The lecturer then did a check at the student dormitory and found some students experiencing symptoms of food poisoning such as vomiting, diarrhoea and dizziness.

“They are believed to have eaten nasi Arab with mutton and chicken delivered by a restaurant at 11pm, but based on confessions from students, some only ate the food between 1am and 5am,” he said when met at IQDAR here today.

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Zambia – 74 children hospitalized in Zambia for suspected food poisoning

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About 74 children have been admitted to hospital in Zambia for suspected food poisoning, state radio reported. The children, aged between six and 14, had dined at a birthday party in Zambia’s second largest city of Kitwe.

 

“74 people mostly children from Kitwe’s Mulenga compound are admitted to the Kitwe Teaching Hospital for suspected food poisoning,” state-owned Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) reported.

 

70 are now in stable condition while four others are receiving special attention, ZNBC said quoting the hospital’s spokesperson Phoebe Chileya.

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Groundnut Spread with Milk Chocolate – Organic Ground Ginger – Dy Chillies -Dried Figs – Groundnuts – Organic Red Chilli Flakes – Hazlenuts and Almonds

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RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 3.8; Tot. = 4,7 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut spread with milk chocolate from Ukraine in Slovakia

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 7; Tot. = 15.6 µg/kg – ppb) in organic ground ginger from Nigeria in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 11.5 µg/kg – ppb) in dry chillies from Sri Lanka in Norway

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 15; Tot. = 17 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from the United States in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 106; Tot. = 114 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in France

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 10.4; Tot. = 11.3 µg/kg – ppb) in organic red chilli flakes from India in the UK

RASFF – aflatoxins (Tot. = 18.5 µg/kg – ppb) in shrivelled hazelnut kernels from Georgia in Bulgaria

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = >24 µg/kg – ppb) in almonds from the United States in Spain

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RASFF Alert – Ochratoxin A – Raisins – Dried Grapes

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RASFF – ochratoxin A (19.8 µg/kg – ppb) in raisins from Uzbekistan, via Lithuania in the Czech Republic

RASFF – ochratoxin A (18 µg/kg – ppb) in dried grapes from Turkey in France

RASFF – ochratoxin A (30 µg/kg – ppb) in raisins from Turkey in the Netherlands

RASFF – ochratoxin A (18,79 µg/kg – ppb) in raisins from China in Poland

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RASFF Alert – Bacillus cereus – Organic Dried Basil

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RASFF – emetic toxin producing Bacillus cereus (up to 15000 CFU/g) in organic dried basil from Austria in Austria

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USA – Ground Beef E. coli O103 Outbreak Grows to 196 Sick

Posted on May 15, 2019 by | Leave a comment

Food Poisoning Bulletin

The ground beef E. coli O103 outbreak has now sickened at least 196 people in 10 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Twenty-eight people have been hospitalized because they are so sick. Two people have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). No one has died. That’s an addition of 19 more ill persons since the last update on April 26, 2019.

Ground Beef E. coli O103 Outbreak Grows to 196 Sick

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Australia – Gusto Fantastico Pty Ltd t/as Frolicking Goat — Frolicking Goat Teddy Washed Rind Goat Cheese 200g – E.coli

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Product Safety Australia Photograph of Frolicking goat cheeses

RA No.
2019/17556
Date published
15 May 2019
Product description
Washed rind goat cheese 200g

Batch 270319
Best Before 27 June 2019

Photograph of Frolicking goat cheeses
Identifying features
Best before date
27 June 2019
Other
APN/EAN 0793591387406
What are the defects?
The recall is due to (E. coli) microbial contamination.

What are the hazards?
Food products contaminated with E. coli may cause illness if consumed.

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France- Escherichia coli O26: HUS increases investigated in France

Posted on May 13, 2019 by | Leave a comment

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Public Health France is currently investigating an increase in the number of children with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).

As of May 6, 2019, 16 children infected with Escherichia coli serogroup O26 are being investigated by Public Health France and the National Reference Center (CNR) E. coli  and its associated laboratory (Institut Pasteur, Paris, and Laboratoire de microbiology of Robert Debré Hospital, Paris). Fifteen children had HUS and one child had uncomplicated diarrhea.

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USA – 22 Sickened by E. coli tied to Seattle Cafe Mario

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Public Health investigated an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) associated with I Love Sushi and Café Mario at Nintendo of America campus in Redmond. Café Mario is operated by Sodexo and is not open to the public. I Love Sushi is a food establishment that operates out of Café Mario once a week.

This outbreak appears to be over. After a thorough investigation, we do not have enough evidence to connect I Love Sushi to this outbreak.. No single food item prepared by Café Mario has been identified as the source of the illnesses. Everyone who reported illness has recovered.

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