RASFF -Bacillus cereus (4.8 10E5; 1.5 10E5 CFU/g) in aromatic herbs mix from Germany in France
RASFF -high count of Escherichia coli (330 MPN/100g) in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Spain in Italy
RASFF-norovirus in fresh oysters from Spain in France
Posted in Bacillus, Bacillus cereus, Bacteria, Clams, E.coli, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Food Virus, Hygiene, Microbiology, Norovirus, Pathogen, RASFF, Recall
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RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 12.71; Tot. = 14.7 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted mixed nuts from Turkey in Germany
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 24.2; Tot. = 25.9 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio bars from Turkey in the UK
RASFF -aflatoxins (Tot. = 16.8) in unshelled pistachios from Turkey in France
RASFF -aflatoxins (Tot. = 0.3 / B1 = 50; Tot. = 53 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio nuts from the United States in Italy
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 36 µg/kg – ppb) in nutmeg from Indonesia in the Netherlands
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 4.95; Tot. = 5.43 / B1 = 6.42; Tot. = 6.98 µg/kg – ppb) in raw peanuts without shell from Brazil in Poland
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 12.3; Tot. = 41.3 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Turkey in France
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 14; Tot. = 16.5 µg/kg – ppb) in almonds from Australia in Spain
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 7.36; Tot. = 9.35 / B1 = 6.89; Tot. = 8.93 µg/kg – ppb) in blanched peanuts from Brazil in Poland
RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 4.7; Tot. = 5.2 µg/kg – ppb) in blanched peanut kernels from China in the UK
RASFF – ochratoxin A (145 µg/kg – ppb) in garlic powder from India in the Netherlands
Posted in Aflatoxin, Bacteria, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Hygiene, Microbiology, Moulds, Mycotoxin, Ochratoxin, RASFF, Recall
Tagged aflatoxins, France RASFF, pistachio nuts, ppb, rasff
RASFF -Salmonella Give (presence /25g) in fish meal from Spain in Hungary
RASFF -Salmonella Livingstone in organic sunflower cake from Italy, via Germany in Austria
RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in dog chew from India in Germany
RASFF -Salmonella Agona (presence /25g) in rape seed meal from Germany in Sewden
RASFF -Salmonella Braenderup (presence /25g) in roasted guar meal from India in Cyprus
Public Health officials are seeing a rise in Shigellosis cases in the Cleveland area, especially among children. As a result, the Cleveland Department of Public Health is encouraging parents, schools, daycare centers, and health care providers to take precautionary actions to prevent the spread of Shigellosis.
Shigellosis is a highly contagious form of diarrhea caused by Shigella bacteria. Shigella spreads from person to person contact and may cause severe diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps. Parents of children, or anyone with symptoms of Shigellosis should contact their healthcare provider for diagnosis and treatment.
Symptoms may last from 48 to 72 hours and frequently include diarrhea (may be watery or bloody), fever, and stomach cramps. School aged children and children in daycare centers should not return to school until symptoms have ceased and laboratory cultures test negative for Shigella.
Four more cases of Shigella have been reported in Grayson County bringing the total countywide cases to 98.
Shigella began spreading in November mainly at Sherman and Denison ISD.
Officials with the Grayson County Health Department hoped that school winter breaks would halt the spread of the bacterial infection.
Amanda Ortez with the department says she believes children with shigella, home for the holidays, have been infecting their family members.
Posted in Bacteria, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Foodborne Illness, Hygiene, Microbiology, outbreak, Pathogen, Recall, Shigella
Tagged Cleveland area, Cleveland Department of Public Health, public health officials, Shigella, shigella bacteria, Shigellosis
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat raw or partially cooked oysters harvested from Copano Bay, in Aransas County, Texas, harvested between Dec. 26, 2013 and Jan. 9, 2014.
Oysters harvested from Copano Bay, Texas, on Dec. 26, 2013, and then shipped by Alby’s Seafood of Fulton, Texas, have been linked to six norovirus illnesses in Louisiana.
The Texas Department of State Health Services closed Copano Bay to shellfish harvesting on Jan. 9, 2014.
The FDA is warning consumers not to eat raw or partially cooked shellfish from Copano Bay, in Aransas County, Texas, harvested between Dec. 26, 2013 and Jan. 9, 2014.
Alby’s Seafood disclaimer icon has issued a recall of the oysters harvested on Dec. 26; however, other shellfish harvested from Copano Bay before it was closed may still be in the marketplace.
Posted in Bacteria, Food Inspections, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Food Virus, Hygiene, Laboratory, Microbiology, Norovirus, Recall, Shellfish, USDA
Tagged Aransas County, Copano Bay, Food Poisoning Journal The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Texas, Texas Department of State Health Services
Seven people are sick from E. coli after eating a raw meat dish at Marché 27 in Montreal.
The owner of the restaurant, Jason Masso, told the CBC that he’s been serving tartare at Marché 27 for six years and has never had a problem until now. He also said that the problem has been addressed and that his restaurant is safe.
December 24, 2013 – Flat Creek Farm & Dairy of Swainsboro, GA has recalled 90 pounds of Heavenly Blue and 78 pounds of Aztec Cheddar cheese, because of potential contamination of Salmonella. Flat Creek is in the process of notifying all of the purchasers.
No illnesses have been reported to date.
The cheeses were distributed in certain parts of Georgia and Florida and (6) online orders (www.flatcreekdairy.com), which are in the process of being notified. The product is packed in clear plastic and ranges in sizes from ½ pound to whole wheels. The recall is specific to product marked with the lot codes 130916XHB (Heavenly Blue) and 130823XAZ (Aztec Cheddar), which can be found on the front of the package.
The recall was the result of a routine sampling program conducted by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, which revealed that the finished products were potentially contaminated.
The current multi-state Salmonella outbreak linked to non-dairy cheeses made from raw cashews is not the first to be linked to nuts. During the last decade, illnesses from Salmonella have been linked to a variety of nuts including pine nuts, peanuts, pistachios, hazelnuts and almonds.
The current outbreak has sickened 14 people in three states: twelve in California, one in Nevada and one in Wyoming. Three people have been hospitalized. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has noted that outbreak strain of Salmonella Stanley is rarely seen outside of Southeast Asia where the cheese maker, Cultured Kitchen of West Sacramento, sources its cashews.
The article also includes discussions of other USA outbreaks.
RASFF -norovirus (GI detected) in frozen whole raspberries from Poland in Denmark
RASFF -Salmonella Agona (presence /25g) and Salmonella Senftenberg (presence /25g) in soybean meal from Italy in Austria
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