Category Archives: Food Toxin

Product category Food
Product subcategory Fruits and vegetables
Product brand name The Prado Gardens
Model names or references Lot 154-2
Product identification

Batch Date

lot 154-2 Minimum durability date 09/30/2025
Packaging 600 g jar
Start/end date of marketing Until 10/11/2023
Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
Further information RAS
Geographical sales area Department of Isère
Distributors Local producers’ store: Délices des champs in Saint-Siméon de Bressieux

Batch	Date
lot 154-2	Minimum durability date 09/30/2025

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Posted in Clostridium, Clostridium botulinum, food contamination, food handler, Food Hazard, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Pathogen, Food Poisoning, Food Quality, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Safety Management, Food Safety Regulations, Food Testing, Food Toxin

Hong Kong – Liver-damaging Aflatoxins found in peanut butter, with two brands exceeding EU limit

Posted on November 15, 2023 by KSW | Leave a comment

The Standard HK

A Consumer Council’s test on 20 samples of peanut butter found that 60 percent of them contain aflatoxins, a substance that could damage liver function. The test also found the aflatoxin B1 levels of two samples exceeded the upper limit of European Union standards.

The consumer watchdog said the two samples found with aflatoxin B1 levels exceeding the EU limit are Fuyuan’s Peanut Butter and YOWE’s Peanut Butter Creamy.

The two samples contained aflatoxin B1 at levels of 4.27μg and 2.01μg respectively, which exceeded the EU limit of 2.0μg. The total aflatoxins level of Fuyuan’s Peanut Butter of 4.94μg also exceeded the EU limit of 4.0μg.

The watchdog warned that aflatoxins could cause acute and chronic poisoning in animals and humans, and could lead to acute liver damage, cirrhosis, cancer and even death.

It said it has referred the information of the relevant samples to the Centre for Food Safety for follow-up.

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Posted in Aflatoxin, Aflatoxin B1, Aspergillus Toxin, Food Microbiology Research, Food Toxin, Mold Toxin, Mould Toxin, Mycotoxin, Research

UK – FSA- Kitchen Life 2

Posted on November 14, 2023 by KSW | Leave a comment

FSA

Kitchen Life 2 (KL2) used motion-sensitive cameras to explore food safety behaviours in 70 households and 31 food business operator (FBO) kitchens. It also captured data using surveys, interviews, and fridge and freezer thermometers. KL2 was commissioned in February 2021 and completed in June 2023. The aim of KL2 was to identify the key food safety behaviours that occur in household and business kitchens and understand the factors influencing these behaviours.

The findings from this study are detailed across seven separate reports, each focusing on a behaviour of interest to the FSA.

Each report explores the behaviour in detail and uses behavioural analysis to identify the factors influencing the behaviour.

The 7 reports are:

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France – Pepper and pepper sheep cheese – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on November 13, 2023 by KSW | Leave a comment

Gov France

Product category Food
Product subcategory Milk and dairy products
Product brand name Kukulu, Ezpela, Tomme d’Espelette, Kalaka
Model names or references Sheep’s cheese pepper chili format 500 -600g
Product identification

Batch Date

BP52223-600GR Minimum durability date between 11/21/2023 and 03/31/2024
Packaging Whole Tomme
Start/end date of marketing From 07/31/2023 to 10/03/2023
Storage temperature Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark FR64213100CE
Further information Sheep’s Tommette Red Pepper Chili Powder sold self-service packaged, naked, cheese+jam/jelly batch or sold in the cut sections
Geographical sales area Whole France
Distributors Supermarkets, Wholesales

Batch	Date
BP52223-600GR	Minimum durability date between 11/21/2023 and 03/31/2024

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RASFF Alert- Toxin Producing Bacillus cereus –

Posted on November 10, 2023 by KSW | Leave a comment

RASFF

Toxin-producing Bacillus cereus in sprouted organic broccoli seeds from Germany, packaged in Romania in Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland.