Category Archives: Foodborne Illness

Could Food Become a Vehicle for a Tropical Disease?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News (Full Article)

It’s highly unlikely, but if high in an African mango tree a bat dropped its guano on fruit and it was harvested and went unwashed on a 747 to America, you could end up with a deadly tropical foodborne illness characterized by bleeding through the eye socket. 

These are the possibilities that are considered at the International Association for Food Protection, which is meeting this week at the Rhode Island State Convention Center. It’s where food professionals come to learn about the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Global Foodborne Infections Network, or PulseNet International, which keeps track of threats most of us don’t even want to think about.

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CIFA – Recall – Onions – Listeria

Posted on July 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

CIFA

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume the Gills Onions brand Fresh Diced Red Onions, Fresh Diced Yellow Onions, and Fresh Diced Celery & Onions because these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

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NZ – Two Dead – Hospital Food – Listeria

Posted on July 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

NZHerald

Two people have died and three others have become ill in a listeria outbreak believed to have originated in hospital food in two different regions.The affected products have also been recalled from shops as they may contain the bacteria causing the disease.The two elderly women died after contracting listeria, a food-transmitted illness found in meat supplied to the Hawkes Bay Hospital.Two other people contracted the disease but recovered.

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CFIA – Salad Recall – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on July 18, 2012 by | Leave a comment

CFIA

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Sobeys Quebec Inc. are warning the public not to consume the Earth Greens brand Organic Italian Blend salad described below because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected product, Earth Greens brand Organic Italian Blend salad, product of USA, is sold in a 198 g plastic clamshell package bearing UPC 8 18431 00107 3, Best Before date 2012 JL 13, and lot code 2217915MI.

This product has been distributed in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and Nunavut.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.

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Oyster Bay Shellfish – Vibrio parahaemolyticus Outbreak

Posted on July 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Food Poisoning Bulletin

The New York Department of Environmental conservation is advising food establishments to avoid using or selling shellfish harvested from areas in the town of Oyster Bay, N.Y. According to the Rhode Island Department of Health, harvesting is no longer allowed in that area because of an illness outbreak caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a naturally occurring marine bacteria.

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RASFF – PSP, Listeria,Salmonella, Histamine

Posted on July 14, 2012 by | Leave a comment

RASFF – PSP Mussels from France

RASFF – STEC E.coli Roqufort Cheese France

RASFF – Salmonella Pasteurised Eggs in Denmark sourced in Poland

RASFF – Listeria in Chilled Smoked Salmon in Italy sourced in Spain

RASFF – Salmonella Frozen Chicken Thighs in France sourced in the Netherlands

RASFF – Salmonella Frozen Turkey Meat in Italy

Danish Alert – Histamine in Fresh Tuna

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Newborns Sickened in Hospital- Salmonella

Posted on July 13, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

Over the past three weeks, two newborn girls have contracted Salmonella infections at a Central California hospital.

Authorities are investigating how the infants, treated at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, were exposed to the bacteria. 
 
“We don’t have an answer yet,” said Dr. John Walker of the Stanislaus County’s Public Health Services. “However, there has been intense investigation.”    
 
One of the victim’s moms suspects that the infant formula given to her daughter in neonatal intensive care may have been contaminated. 
 
A hospital administrator at Doctors told CBS Sacramento that this appears to be an isolated event, not part of a larger outbreak.

 

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US – Cheese Recall – Possible Listeria monocyotgenes

Posted on July 13, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that the Allegheny County Health Department and Whole Foods Market are recalling Jean Perrin Edel de Cleron cheese sold at the Whole Foods store in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood after a person became ill with Listeria contamination and samples tested positive for Listeria

 

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ECDC -Vibrio cholerae Outbreak Cuba

Posted on July 12, 2012 by | Leave a comment

ECDC

On 3 July the Cuban Ministry of Health confirmed an outbreak of cholera in the south-western city of Manzanillo. It is the first time in almost 150 years that an outbreak of cholera is reported in the island. The heavy rains and the high temperatures during the previous weeks have likely influenced the occurrence of the disease. As of 3 July, 53 cases of Vibrio cholerae, including three deaths, have been officially confirmed.  

Since 7 July, several media sources report a higher number of cases and the disease has spread to other cities including the capital, Havana.

At this stage there is no information available about the outbreak strain, nor of the origin of the outbreak.

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RASFF Alerts – Salmonella and Histamine

Posted on July 12, 2012 by | Leave a comment

RASFF – Salmonella in frozen beef trimmings in Sweden sourced in Germany.

RASFF – Salmonella frozen skinless chickin in Estonia sourced in Brazil.

RASFF – Histamine frozen raw tuna in Belgium sourced in Viet Nam.

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