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USA – Chicken Livers – Campylobacter

Posted on February 5, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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Since December 2013, Oregon health officials have been looking into the source of Campylobacteriosis that has sickened five individuals in Oregon and Ohio. All cases report eating undercooked or raw chicken livers; most cases consumed chicken livers prepared as pâté. The cases in Ohio ate chicken liver pâté while visiting Oregon. The Oregon Health Authority is working with USDA and CDC.

This is the second reported multistate outbreak of campylobacteriosis associated with consumption of undercooked chicken liver in the United States.

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A high-end chicken product enjoyed in high-end restaurants in Portland is part of a small food poisoning outbreak in Oregon.

Health officials issued a public health alert Tuesday, saying six people who consumed undercooked or raw chicken livers were infected with campylobacter, a common foodborne pathogen. Three people live in Oregon and two others were visiting the state from Ohio. The outbreak includes one person in Washington state who got sick after consuming chicken liver pills. Most of the others ate chicken liver pate.

 

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RASFF Alerts – Ochratoxin –

Posted on January 31, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF -ochratoxin A (198.7 µg/kg – ppb) in ground blak pepper from Poland, with raw material from Vietnam in Poland

RASFF -ochratoxin A (23.6 µg/kg – ppb) in ginger powder from India in Greece

RASFF -ochratoxin A (181 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Germany

RASFF -ochratoxin A (26 µg/kg – ppb) in raisins from Uzbekistan in Lithuania

 

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Dried Figs – Pistachio – Groundnut

Posted on January 31, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 35; Tot. = 44 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in France

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 15.2 / B1 = 43.6 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in France

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 2.5 / B1 = 63 / B1 = 2.5 / B1 = 75 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in France

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 47; Tot. = 74 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in France

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 51; Tot. = 57 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio kernels from the United States, via Turkey in Italy

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 12.2 / B1 = 34.6 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from China in Greece

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 19; Tot. = 21 µg/kg – ppb) in blanched almonds from Australia, via the Netherlands in Finland

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 5; Tot. = 7.1 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut runner from Brazil in the UK

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 54.9; Tot. = 169.4 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Spain in Portugal

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 46; Tot. = 67 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in France

 

 

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RASFF Alerts – Norovirus – Raw Calms from Tunisia in Italy

Posted on January 31, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF -norovirus (present) in chilled clams (Ruditapes decussatus) from Tunisia in Italy

RASFF -norovirus (present) in chilled clams (Ruditapes decussatus) from Tunisia in Italy

RASFF-norovirus (present) in chilled clams (Ruditapes decussatus) from Tunisia in Italy

RASFF -norovirus (present) in chilled clams (Ruditapes decussatus) from Tunisia in Italy

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RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes – Cheese -Smoked Fish

Posted on January 31, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF -Listeria monocytogenes (4100 CFU/g) in cheese gorgonzola from Italy in Switzerland

RASFF -Listeria monocytogenes (<10 CFU/g) in smoked salmon from France

RASFF -Listeria monocytogenes (190 CFU/g) in smoked trout fillets from Belgium in France

RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (120 CFU/g) in goat cheese from France

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RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Enterobacteriaceae – Aflatoxin

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RASFF – Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in fish meal from Morocco in Poland

RASFF -Salmonella infantis (present /25g) and Salmonella Münster (present /25g) and high count of Enterobacteriaceae (380; 60) in processed animal proteins from Germany in Belgium

RASFF-Salmonella Tennessee in processed animal protein from the Netherlands in Sweden

RASFF -Salmonella Mbandaka (presence /25g) in GMO soy bean meal from Germany in Finland

RASFF -Salmonella (present /50g) in soy bean meal from Argentina in Italy

RASFF -too high count of Enterobacteriaceae in dog chews from Brazil in the UK

RASFF– too high count of Enterobacteriaceae (300 CFU/g) in various dried petfood from China in Sweden

RASFF -too high count of Enterobacteriaceae (>15000 CFU/g) in dried pet food from China in Sweden

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 35 µg/kg – ppb) in maize from Italy in Austria

 

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Australia – Kebabs – STEC E.coli

Posted on January 21, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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NSW Health has been notified of four recent cases of a rare bacterial gastroenteritis, prompting NSW Health to issue an alert, particularly to people who may have purchased food at Kenny’s Kebabs at Miranda Fair in January.

Director of South Eastern Sydney Public Heath Unit, Professor Mark Ferson said the 4 patients with bloody diarrhoea caused by Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) bacteria infection were reported yesterday in patients from the Sutherland/St George area

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RASFF Alerts Food – Salmonella – Chicken – Curry Leaves – Spice Mix- Clams

Posted on January 20, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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RASFF -Salmonella group C1 (O:6,8 /25g) in frozen salted chickenbreast fillets from Thailand in Germany

RASFF-Salmonella Heidelberg (presence /25g) in frozen salted chicken breast fillets from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF-Salmonella Heidelberg in frozen salted chicken breast fillets from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF-Salmonella spp. (presence /25g), profenofos (0.24 mg/kg – ppm) and triazophos (0.15 mg/kg – ppm) in curry leaves from India in the UK

RASFF-Salmonella spp. (present /25g) in spices mix with raw material from unknown origin, packaged in France

RASFF-Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen clams (Meretrix spp) from Vietnam in Portugal

RASFF-Salmonella enteritidis (present /25g) in chilled chicken legs from Poland in the Czech Republic

RASFF-Salmonella enteritidis (2 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen raw poultry meat from Poland, with raw material from the Czech Republic in Poland

RASFF-Salmonella Heidelberg (presence /25g) in frozen marinated chicken fillets from Brazil in the Netherlands

 

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USA – Food Sickness Outbreak in December was Norovirus – 282 People

Posted on January 20, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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Norovirus was the cause of a December food poisoning outbreak that sickened 282 people who ate at a Jimmy John’s restaurant in Garden City, Kansas, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has confirmed.  State and county officials worked together to determine the source of the outbreak which sickened customers who visited the restaurant from December 10 to December 24.

The restaurant was inspected by the Kansas Department of Agriculture on December 18 and again on December 24. It closed voluntarily from December 24 through December 26 to clean and disinfect the restaurant

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USA – Norovirus Outbreak – Oysters

Posted on January 20, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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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.

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