Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey in Italy
Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey in Italy
Ochratoxin A in organic wheat flour from France in Luxembourg
Exceeding the maximum level of aflatoxin B1 and the sum of aflatoxins B1+B2+G1+G2 and the high level of ochratoxin A in pistachios from Iran via Spain in Poland
Posted in food contamination, food handler, Food Hazard, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Poisoning, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Safety Management, Food Testing, Food Toxin, Mold Toxin, Mould Toxin, Mycotoxin, Ochratoxin, Ochratoxin A, RASFF
Recalled Foods , Published: November 22, 2022
Updated on 23/11/2022 with new product and point of sale.
Recalled Foods , Published: November 3, 2022
Premieur Chili Mayo
Best before date: 20-09-2023
Net weight: 175 g Batch no
. 2208313
Risk:
Posted in DVFA, food contamination, food handler, Food Hazard, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Safety Management, Food Spoilage, Food Testing, mold, Mold Toxin, Mould/Mold
The Kenya Bureau of Standards has seized 3000 bags of rice in Mombasa which it says is contaminated with aflatoxin.
Kebs said on Monday that the consignment was packaged in 25 kg bags.
“We seized the rice in Shimanzi and found it to be contaminated with a high aflatoxin content,” they said.
The rice, they said, was imported into the country.
Aflatoxin, according to the Center for Disease Control, is a fungal toxin that commonly contaminates maize and other types of crops including legumes such as peanuts.
“The contamination happens during production, harvest, storage or processing,” the centre says.
Exposure to aflatoxin is known to cause both chronic and acute hepatocellular injury.
“In Kenya, acute aflatoxin poisoning results in liver failure and death in up to 40 per cent of cases,” they say.
Posted in Aflatoxin, Aflatoxin B1, Decontamination Microbial, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Temperature Abuse, Food Toxin, microbial contamination, Microbial growth, Microbiological Risk Assessment, Microbiology, Microbiology Investigations, Microbiology Risk, Mold Toxin, Mould Toxin, Mycotoxin
| GTIN | Batch | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 3347431085334 | 210922 | Date of minimum durability 30/04/2023 |
Posted in Ergot, Ergot Alkaloids, food contamination, food handler, Food Hazard, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Poisoning, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Safety Management, Food Temperature Abuse, Food Testing, Food Toxin, Mold Toxin, Mycotoxin
| GTIN | Batch | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 3770014111470 | 191121 | Date of minimum durability 19/11/2022 |
Posted in food contamination, food handler, Food Hazard, Food Hygiene, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Poisoning, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Safety Management, Food Testing, Food Toxin, Mold Toxin, Mould Toxin, Mycotoxin, Ochratoxin, Ochratoxin A
Level of aflatoxins exceeding limits in dried figs from Turkey in France
Aflatoxins in pistachios from USA via Turkey in Italy
Aflatoxin in Basmati rice from the Netherlands in the UK and Germany
Posted in Aflatoxin, Aspergillus Toxin, food contamination, food handler, Food Hazard, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Poisoning, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Safety Management, Food Testing, Food Toxin, Mold Toxin, Mould Toxin, Mycotoxin, RASFF
Ochratoxin A (OTA) in pistachio from Germany in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Moldova, Netherlands, Romania
Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey in Italy
Ochratoxin A in dried figs from Turkey in Italy
Posted in food contamination, food handler, Food Hazard, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Poisoning, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Safety Management, Food Testing, Food Toxin, Mold Toxin, Mould Toxin, Mycotoxin, Ochratoxin, Ochratoxin A, RASFF
Ergot alkaloids in rye flour from Belgium in the Netherlands
Posted in Ergot, Ergot Alkaloids, food contamination, food handler, Food Hazard, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Microbiology Testing, Food Poisoning, food recall, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Safety Management, Food Testing, Food Toxin, Mold Toxin, Mould Toxin, Mycotoxin, RASFF, Rye Ergot
It is a myth that rumen microbial activity allows dairy cows to handle mycotoxin toxicity completely. A closer look at rumen degradation capability shows that this is not the case. Therefore, a mitigation strategy should be holistic, practical and beyond binding.
A complex and diverse Total Mixed Ration (TMR) poses multiple mycotoxin toxicity challenges. Although rumen microbes can reduce the toxicity of some mycotoxins, not all mycotoxins are equally degraded in the rumen. In high-yielding dairy cows high-starch diets can compromise the detoxification capacity of rumen microbes. For some mycotoxins, such as zearalenone (ZEN), rumen degradation may increase the toxicity. Furthermore, extended periods of exposure to low levels of multiple mycotoxins may lead to chronic toxicity, an increasing issue that is notoriously difficult to diagnose at an early stage.
Mycotoxins can threaten dairy cows’ health, rumen function, feed intake, milk yield, milk quality, lameness, and reproductive abilities. Many “mouldy silage syndrome” cases in the field have shown incidences of increased somatic cell counts, undigested faecal feed particles, laminitis, mastitis and ruminitis cases. Cases of reproductive challenges and vaccination failures have been reported with multiple mycotoxins in TMR.
Read more at the link above
Posted in Aflatoxin, Aflatoxin B1, Animal Feed Mould Toxin, Aspergillus Toxin, Decontamination Microbial, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology Blog, Food Toxin, Fusarium Toxin, microbial contamination, Microbial growth, Microbiological Risk Assessment, Microbiology, Microbiology Investigations, Microbiology Risk, Mold Toxin, Mould Toxin, Mycotoxin, Toxin, Zearalenone
FoodWorld 