Ministry for Primary Industries
Jindi’ Brand Cheese imported from Australia – includes brand names ‘Old Telegraph Road’ and ‘Top Paddock’.
This is a precautionary recall due to an outbreak of Listeriosis illness in Australia linked to other Jindi brand products.
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Tagged climate, environment, outbreak, paddock, science, telegraph road
Jouni Meats, Inc., a Sterling Heights, Mich. retail store, is recalling
approximately 500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with a
strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Stallings Head Cheese Co., Inc., a Houston, Texas establishment, is recalling
4,700 pounds of hog head cheese that may be contaminated with
Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Hog head cheese products produced by EST. 2257 have been linked to a recent
Salmonella Uganda cluster involving six case-patients from Louisiana.
Posted in Bacteria, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Microbiology, Pathogen, Recall, Salmonella, USDA
During the current norovirus outbreak, the FSA is reminding people what they can do when preparing food to minimise the likelihood of food contamination. Tackling foodborne norovirus is one of the priorities for the Agency, as part of its Foodborne Disease Strategy. (see link above)
Malaysian researchers have revealed the presence of multidrug-resistant strains of Listeria monocytogenes in frozen burger patties taken from supermarkets and other retail shops in Malaysia. The research was published in Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science.
A recent publication by W.C. Wong and colleagues in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science revealed the presence of multidrug-resistant strains of Listeria monocytogenes in frozen burger patties taken from supermarkets and other retail shops in Malaysia.
The results also suggested that the overall incidence of antibiotic resistance in L. monocytogenes is relatively low, and that most of the bacterial strains isolated from food are susceptible to antibiotics commonly used in veterinary and human therapy.
Luxembourg – Listeria in Chicken Curry
RASFF – Norovirus in Chilled Live Oysters in Denmark source in France
RASFF – Salmonella in Turkey Breast in Sweden sourced in Brazil via Denmark
RASFF – Norovirus in Clams in Italy sourced in Tunisia
RASFF – Yersinia enterocolitica in chilled pork ham in Italy sourced in Spain
The United Kingdom’s mass poultry vaccinations introduced to combat Salmonella infections have led to a dramatic fall in the number of cases since the late 1990s, according to a researcher at the University of Liverpool.
Salmonella are dangerous foodborne bacteria that affect people worldwide, causing diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal pain. The European Union currently sees around 6 million Salmonella infections per year, the majority of which are linked to food items such as eggs, chicken, beef, pork, salad vegetables and dairy products.
Between 1981 and 1991, the number of salmonella infections rose by 170 percent in the UK, driven primarily by an epidemic of Salmonella Enteritidis which peaked in 1993.
Posted in Bacteria, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Food Technology, Food Testing, Microbiology, Research, Salmonella
This is a very interesting article in Food Safety News which I think would be of interest to Food Microbiologists and the Produce industry alike. the link will take you to the full article
Leafy greens, lettuce, cantaloupes, mangoes and strawberries. These are just some of the foods that have sickened or even killed people when they were contaminated with foodborne pathogens such as E. coli, Listeria and Salmonella.
Amidst the confusing swirl of information about these and other produce outbreaks, the question arises: Were some of these pathogens inside the produce? Could it be — in some cases, anyway — that the plant’s roots sucked the pathogens up out of the soil and transferred them through the plant into its edible parts?
Posted in Bacteria, E.coli, E.coli O103, E.coli O157, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Testing, Food Virus, Foodborne Illness, Hepatitis A, Hygiene, Illness, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, Microbiology, O103, Research, Salmonella
Tagged food microbiologists, food safety news, leafy greens, science
Denmark – Norovirus in French Oysters
RASFF – Salmonella in Lemon Thyme in the UK sourced in Morocco
Posted in Bacteria, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Food Virus, Microbiology, Norovirus, Pathogen, RASFF, Recall, Salmonella
Tagged food, lemon thyme, norovirus, oysters, restaurants, sourced
Denmark – Salted Meat – Recall- Listeria monocytogenes
Denmark – Teepolse (cooked pork with spices and rum) – Recall Listeria monocytogenes
Posted in Bacteria, Food Inspections, Food Safety, Food Testing, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, Microbiology, Pathogen, Recall
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department today (January 21) urged the public not to consume certain soft cheese products, manufactured in Australia, which might have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The trade should stop selling the concerned products.
“The CFS noticed through its routine Food Incident Surveillance System that some cheese products produced by an Australian manufacturer, Jindi Cheese Pty Ltd, were suspected to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The concerned company is now voluntarily recalling all soft and semi-soft cheese products it manufactured on or before January 6 this year,” a spokesman for the CFS said.
“The CFS subsequently received notification from the International Food Safety Authorities Network of the World Health Organisation / the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations that some of the affected products have been imported to Hong Kong,” he added.
According to the information provided by the Australian authorities, the CFS has contacted two chain stores which had imported the affected products, namely PARKnSHOP and Pacific Gourmet. The shops were instructed to stop selling the products concerned (see attached table). The CFS was also informed that the companies had set up hotlines to answer consumers’ enquiries about the product recall, PARKnSHOP at 2606 8658 and Pacific Gourmet at 3184 0805.
“In case any consumers have bought the affected soft cheese products, they should stop eating them, regardless of batches. To be prudent, consumers who recently bought any cut portion of gourmet soft cheese and are unsure of the product details should also stop eating it. People are advised to seek medical advice if they feel sick after consuming the products concerned. So far the CFS has not received any reports of persons feeling unwell after consumption of the affected products,” the spokesman said.
