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
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s ship Explorer of the Seas is returning two days early to its New Jersey port after a stomach illness struck more than 600 people out of about 4,200 onboard, NBC News reported late Sunday. The 564 passengers and 47 crew members on the 10-day cruise to the U.S. Virgin Islands reported symptoms suggesting a possible norovirus outbreak, the report said, citing an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The incident follows the outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness aboard another ship earlier this month.
NBC News reports that U.S. health officials are expected to board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in the Virgin Islands on Sunday to investigate a possible outbreak of highly contagious norovirus that has sickened more than 300 passengers and crew members.
The Explorer of the Seas ship stopped part way through a 10-day cruise from Cape Liberty, N.J., to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten after reports of vomiting and diarrhea, according to the cruise line and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Bread maker Hofuku, which has admitted one of its products is probably responsible for causing more than 1,000 children in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, to suffer food poisoning, has started recalling its products from retailers, including supermarkets in Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Aichi and Okayama prefectures.
According to the Hamamatsu Municipal Government, the bread the local company produced Monday and delivered to schools Tuesday morning is likely to have been tainted with the norovirus.
Three female workers at a Higashi Ward, Hamamatsu, bakery were identified as carriers of norovirus.
The bakery is suspected to have been the cause of a mass food poisoning that affected many primary schools in the city, according to the Hamamatsu city government.
The city government announced Sunday that workers at Hofuku, a company that produced bread deemed to be the cause of the norovirus outbreak, were found to be infected with the virus.
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Tagged food poisoning, Hamamatsu, Hamamatsu Municipal Government, Japanese Times Bread maker, Shizuoka Prefecture
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
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Tagged aromatic herbs, bacillus cereus, escherichia coli, rasff
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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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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Tagged Aransas County, Copano Bay, Food Poisoning Journal The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Texas, Texas Department of State Health Services
RASFF -norovirus (GI detected) in frozen whole raspberries from Poland in Denmark
TOKYO —
Tochigi prefectural health officials announced Monday that 118 guests suffered food poisoning at a hotel in Nikko City earlier this month and that traces of food-borne Norovirus strains had been detected.
According to authorities, the Kinugawa Gyoen Hotel received complaints of gastrointestinal distress from male and female guests ranging in age from two to 80 between Dec 18 and Dec 22. TBS quoted a hotel spokesperson as saying symptoms included vomiting and diarrhea. Among the 118, eight guests and 11 chefs and kitchen staff were discovered to have the Norovirus strain in their systems.
Health officials said no one had to be hospitalized.
According to a hotel spokesperson, the 118 afflicted guests had eaten inside the hotel restaurant, dining on a variety of menu items, ranging from sashimi dishes to hot Japanese-style curries.
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Tagged food poisoning, hotel restaurant, Kinugawa Gyoen Hotel, norovirus
Last year at this time we told you about a new strain of norovirus, called GII.4 Sydney that the CDC was tracking. Last week, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued a warning about an outbreak in that state.
The CDC has been studying this new strain. They now have information and statistics on the strain, and have analyzed data from outbreaks in five states.
RASFF -norovirus in frozen raspberries from Poland, via Belgium in Finland
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