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USA – FDA Advises Restaurants and Retailers Not to Serve or Sell and Consumers Not to Eat Certain Frozen, Raw, Half-shell Oysters from Republic of Korea Potentially Contaminated with Norovirus

Posted on April 17, 2024 by | Leave a comment

FDA

Oysters Farm Raised Lable from South Korea

Audience

  • Restaurants and food retailers in California that have recently purchased Lots B231126, B240103, and B240214 of frozen, raw, half-shell oysters processed by JBR (KR 15 SP) in Tongyeongsi, Republic of Korea on 11/27/2023, 1/4/2024, and 2/15/2024.
  • Consumers and retailers in California who have recently purchased lots B231126, B240103, and B240214 of frozen, raw, half-shell oysters processed by JBR (KR 15 SP) in Tongyeongsi, Republic of Korea on 11/27/2023, 1/4/2024, and 2/15/2024.

Products

Frozen, raw, half-shell oysters Lots B231126 and B240103, harvested from Designated Area No. 1 on 11/26/2023 and 1/3/2024, and Lot B240214 harvested from Designated Area No. 2 on 2/14/2024, and processed by JBR (KR 15 SP) in Tongyeongsi, Republic of Korea on 11/27/2023, 1/4/2024, and 2/15/2024. Lots B240103 and B240214 may be labeled with Amazing Sea Brand. The oysters were distributed to restaurants and retailers in California and may have been distributed to other states as well.

The photos below are included as an example of product tag and case labeling from one (1) of the three (3) lots identified above and include information specific to Lot B231126, harvested from Designated Area No. 1 on 11/26/2023 with production date 11/27/2023. The tag and label information for Lot(s) B240103 and B240214 would include similar corresponding details appropriate to each Lot.

Summary of Problem and Scope

On 4/9/2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) notified the FDA of an outbreak of norovirus illnesses associated with consumption of oysters from the Republic of Korea. On 4/15/2024, authorities at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries in the Republic of Korea advised the firm to voluntarily initiate a recall of the distributed lots of frozen, raw, half-shell oysters due to possible norovirus contamination. The distributed lots include frozen, raw, half-shell oysters Lots B231126 and B240103, harvested from Designated Area No. 1, and Lot B240214, harvested from Designated Area No. 2, and processed by JBR (KR 15 SP) in Tongyeongsi, Republic of Korea on 11/27/2023, 1/4/2024, and 2/15/2024, and shipped to distributors in California. The product may have been distributed to other states as well.

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Denmark – Outbreak of invasive Listeria infection Sequence Type 1607

Posted on April 16, 2024 by | Leave a comment

SSI

The Statens Serum Institut is currently investigating a protracted disease outbreak with Listeria monocytogenes in collaboration with the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration and the Norwegian Food Institute DTU.

Listeria infection is a foodborne illness that can cause blood poisoning or meningitis in people who have a weakened immune system. The disease can also be dangerous for pregnant women and their unborn child.

Listeria outbreaks are often long-lasting, the infection can occur for a period of up to several years. The current outbreak includes 17 people who have become ill over a six-year period. Two cases of illness have provisionally been registered in 2024.

A total of 17 people have been infected with the same type of listeria since the summer of 2019. The patients are 13 women and 4 men with a median age of 73 years, with one patient in their 20s and four in their 80s. The patients live throughout the country. All have been hospitalized. Two people have died within 30 days of detection of the infection.

The bacteria is of the type Listeria monocytogenes . By whole-genome sequencing of the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria isolated from the patients, it can be seen that they are very closely related and belong to sequence type 1607.

No source has been identified yet.

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India- One dead, more than 75 ill due to food poisoning in Chandrapur

Posted on April 16, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Varthabharati

One person died and more than 75 took ill due to food poisoning in Majri colliery area in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Sunday, a health official said.

The incident occurred after more than 400 people had ‘prasad’ on Saturday evening during a religious function on the eve of Chaitra Navratri Mahotsav in a Kali temple, he said.

“Some of them started feeling unwell after reaching home and 79 arrived at Warora civil hospital past midnight. The condition of six persons was critical and they were shifted to Chandrapur district hospital. Of these, a man identified as Gurufem Yadav died,” the official said.

The other patients are stable and are under treatment, he added.

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India – Telangana: 15 school students fall ill in suspected food poisoning, 2 in critical condition

Posted on April 15, 2024 by | Leave a comment

New Indian Express

As many as 15 students, all studying in Grade 5 and 6, of the Social Welfare Boys’ Residential School in Bhuvanagiri, fell ill after consuming contaminated food. The students complained of vomiting, stomach ache and diarrhoea on Saturday, a day after they ate lemon rice.

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USA – Raw Milk Cheese linked to E. coli illnesses in California, Utah, Colorado and Texas

Posted on April 15, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Food Poison Journal

Organic Pastures Dairy Company (OPDC) & Raw Farm Recalls and Outbreaks 2006-2024

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USA – Norovirus Outbreak Associated with Sushi 9 Restaurant – 2023 Report

Posted on April 11, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Food Poison Journal

• A confirmed case for this outbreak was an individual who ate at Sushi Nine between 11/28/23 and the restaurant closing on 12/5/23, reported having symptoms of norovirus (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, headaches, body aches) within 3 days of eating at Sushi Nine, and had a laboratory test result that was positive for norovirus.

• A probable case for this outbreak was an individual who ate at Sushi Nine between 11/28/23 and the restaurant closing on 12/5/23, reported having symptoms of norovirus (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, headaches, body aches) within 3 days of eating at Sushi Nine but did not have a laboratory test positive for norovirus.

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Viet Nam – More food poisoning involving students in Khánh Hòa Province

Posted on April 11, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Vietnamese News

Several students in Khánh Sơn District of the south-central province Khánh Hoà were hospitalised after eating rice balls and rolls sold by local people in front of the school gates, reported the district’s medical centre.

From March 12 to date, Khánh Hoà Province recorded three consecutive cases of suspected food poisoning from eating at restaurants and street vendors.

The latest was the case of dozens of students being hospitalised after eating breakfast from the joints in front of the school gates in Vĩnh Trườn Ward of Nha Trang city, including one student who died on the morning of April 5.

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Taiwan – Norovirus found in suspected food poisoning cases at 2 Taipei restaurants

Posted on April 11, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Focus Taiwan

Taipei, April 9 (CNA) Norovirus has been found in tissue samples collected from several individuals who fell ill after eating at two Taipei restaurants last week in suspected food poisoning cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday.

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USA- FDA – Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Posted on April 11, 2024 by | Leave a comment

FDA

What’s New

  • A new outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium illnesses linked to a not yet identified product (ref #1218) has been added to the table. FDA has initiated traceback.

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USA – Outbreak Investigation of Listeria monocytogenes: Queso Fresco and Cotija Cheese (February 2024) is over.

Posted on April 11, 2024 by | Leave a comment

FDA

Current Update

April 10, 2024

The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, investigated illnesses in a multi-year, multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections linked to queso fresco and cotija cheeses manufactured by Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc., of Modesto, California.

As of April 9, 2024, CDC reports that the outbreak is over. CDC reports a total of 26 cases in 11 states. There have been a total of 23 hospitalizations and two deaths were reported. The last illnesses onset date was December 10, 2023. FDA’s outbreak investigation is closed.

Food safety is a shared responsibility. Producers of queso fresco type cheeses are responsible for producing safe food, including satisfying applicable food safety requirements. The FDA has developed a prevention strategy with the goal of reducing outbreaks and illnesses of listeriosis associated with soft fresh queso fresco cheeses.

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