Category Archives: Microbiology

RASFF Alert – Animal Feed – Enterobacteriaceae – Dog Chews

Posted on January 29, 2021 by | Leave a comment

European Food Alerts

RASFF

too high count of Enterobacteriaceae (60 CFU/g) in dog chews from Hong Kong in Belgium

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RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Soybean Meal

Posted on January 29, 2021 by | Leave a comment

European Food Alerts

RASFF

Salmonella enterica ser. Senftenberg (presence /25g) in soybean meal from Brazil, via Switzerland in Belgium

RASFF

Salmonella enterica ser. Senftenberg (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in soybean meal from Italy in Austria

RASFF

Salmonella enterica ser. Senftenberg (presence /25g) in soy bean meal from Brazil, via the Netherlands in Belgium

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USA – FDA CORE Response Team Update

Posted on January 28, 2021 by | Leave a comment

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Canada – Food Recall Warning – One Ocean brand Sliced Smoked Wild Sockeye Salmon recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on January 28, 2021 by | Leave a comment

CFIA

Recall details

Ottawa, January 27, 2021 – Orca Specialty Foods Ltd. is recalling One Ocean brand Sliced Smoked Wild Sockeye Salmon from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.

Recalled product

Brand Product Size UPC Codes
One Ocean Sliced Smoked Wild Sockeye Salmon 300 g 6 25984 00005 3 11252

What you should do

If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, call your doctor.

Check to see if you have the recalled product in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.

Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn or even stillbirth. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

Background

This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) test results. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.

The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing the recalled product from the marketplace.

Illnesses

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

Product photos

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Public enquiries and media

Company information
Orca Specialty Foods Ltd.: 604-574-6722 ext. 223
Public enquiries
Toll-free: 1-800-442-2342 (Canada and U.S.)
Telephone: 1-613-773-2342 (local or international)
Email: cfia.enquiries-demandederenseignements.acia@canada.ca
Media relations
Telephone: 613-773-6600
Email: cfia.media.acia@canada.ca
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France – PREMIUM prepared from the Traiteur Pierrot brand -STEC E.coli

Posted on January 27, 2021 by | Leave a comment

AFSCA

Recall of Euro-Délices Distribution
Product: PREMIUM prepared from the Traiteur Pierrot brand.
Problem: Possible presence of E. coli STEC.

In agreement with the AFSCA, Euro-Délices Distribution is withdrawing from sale the “Prepared PREMIUM” products of the Traiteur Pierrot brand and is recalling them to consumers because of the possible presence of STEC.

Euro-Délices Distribution asks its customers not to consume these products and to bring them back to the point of sale where they were purchased, where they will be reimbursed.

Product description Product

name: Prepared PREMIUM TP
Brand: Traiteur Pierrot Use by
date (DLC): 29/01/2021
Batch number: 105201
Sales period: from 07/01/2021 to 21/01/2021
Type of packaging: plastic jar with lid
Weight: 180g – 0.5kg – 1.25kg

     

The product was sold through various supermarkets, retailers and food stores.

For any further information , contact:

Fabienne Cluts
Tel: 04 / 278.78.12
fabiennecluts@eurodelices.be

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Korea – 3 officials from McDonald’s supplier get suspended sentences for selling tainted patties – E.coli

Posted on January 27, 2021 by | Leave a comment

Korea Herald

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Three officials from a burger patty supplier for McDonald’s Korea were given suspended prison sentences by a local court Tuesday for providing patties potentially contaminated with E. coli to the local unit of the global fast-food giant.

A managing director of the supplier, whose name was withheld, and two mid-ranking officials in charge of production and quality management, respectively, were indicted without detention in 2018 for allegedly distributing 63 tons of beef patties that tested positive for intestinal hemorrhagic E. coli contamination.

In addition, they were charged with selling 2,160 tons of beef patties with Shiga toxin genes detected in a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test, a test method that amplifies DNA. Shiga toxin is a toxin component released from intestinal hemorrhagic E. coli.

The Seoul Central District Court convicted all three for violating the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act but handed out suspended jail terms ranging from two to three years.

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UK – The co-location of food and pet food production Guidance and advice for Food Business Operators and their enforcement agencies Published: December 2020

Posted on January 27, 2021 by | Leave a comment

FSA

Click to access guidance-on-co-location-of-food-and-pet-food-production.pdf

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USA – FDA reports more than 100 pet deaths nationwide linked to recalled pet food

Posted on January 27, 2021 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

The Food and Drug Administration has updated the number of pet deaths to 110 in connection to fatal levels of aflatoxin in Midwestern Pet Foods Inc.’s recalled dog and cat food products. In addition to the deaths there are more than 210 pets that are sick after eating Sportmix pet food.

The update comes after multiple Midwestern Pet Foods Inc.’s recalls of dog and cat food products after tests showed levels of aflatoxin that exceed acceptable limits. The pet deaths are associated with lots of Sportmix High Energy. No human illnesses have been reported.

Evansville, IN-based Midwestern Pet Foods Inc. expanded their initial product recall on Jan. 11 to include all pet foods containing corn and manufactured in the company’s Oklahoma plant, and having an expiration date on or before July 9, 2022.

The recalled pet foods were distributed nationally to online distributors and retail stores.

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Denmark – Salmonella in flaxseed

Posted on January 27, 2021 by | Leave a comment

DVFA

System Frugt A / S recalls organic flax seeds. There is a risk of salmonella in the product.

Recalled Foods , Published: January 27, 2021

What food:
Organic Life Organic flaxseed
Net weight: 500 grams
Best before date: 07/29/2021
Lot.nr .: P0089753
EAN barcode .: 25022261

Sold at:
Aldi stores in the country.

Company recalling:
System Frugt A / S, Blomstervej 8, 8381 Tilst

Cause:
There is a risk of salmonella in the product.

Risk:
There is a risk of infection with salmonella. The symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, fever and vomiting.

Advice for consumers: The Danish
Veterinary and Food Administration advises consumers to deliver the product back to the store where it was purchased or to discard it.

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Research – Light technology kills eggshell pathogens

Posted on January 27, 2021 by | Leave a comment

KMA Land

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Pulsed ultraviolet light can be an alternative to some of the antimicrobial technologies now used in the poultry industry to kill pathogens, according to researchers at Pennsylvania State University. By reducing the microbial load on eggshells, foodborne illness associated with eggs and poultry meat can be reduced while chick health is maintained.

Paul Patterson, a professor of poultry science at Penn State, said the technology has merit for commercial application. The research team applied components of standard egg processing to a conveyor and sanitized eggs in a commercial setting, he said.

In the study eggshells were inoculated with nonpathogenic bacterial strains used for research. They were treated with pulsed ultraviolet light derived from a xenon flashlamp. Eggs were exposed on a modified egg-carrying conveyor that provided complete rotation of eggs under the flashlamp.

The researchers found that pulsed ultraviolet light treatment inactivated two different microbial strains with greater energy.

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