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
RASFF – Salmonella spp. (present /25g) in paan leaves from Bangladesh in the UK
RASFF – Salmonella spp. (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen salted chicken breast fillets from Brazil in the UK
RASFF -Salmonella enteritidis (present /25g) in frozen poultry from Slovakia in Poland
RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in ground beef meat from Ireland in Sweden
RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen salted chickenbreasts from Thailand in Germany
RASFF – Salmonella Heidelberg (presence /25g) in frozen poultry meat from Brazil in the Netherlands
RASFF – Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in rucola from Italy, packaged in Sweden
RASFF – Salmonella spp. in frozen boiled clams (Meretrix spp.) from Vietnam in Portugal
RASFF -Salmonella Heidelberg (3 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen spiced turkey half breast from Brazil in the UK
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
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.
Posted in Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Testing, Food Virus, Methods, Norovirus, outbreak, Pathogen, Virus
Tagged centers for disease control and prevention, Explorer of the Seas, food poisoning, NBC News, norovirus outbreak, Royal Caribbean cruise ship
Sobeys Inc. is recalling Compliments brand Stir-Fry Style Vegetables from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.
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.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.
Two British babies have contracted a rare life-threatening disease triggered by eating honey.
The boys, aged three months and five months, had to be put on life-support machines suffering from infant botulism.
Both had been feeding badly and showed typical symptoms – a floppy head, drooping eyelids and constipation. They were cured only after medication costing £50,000 a dose was flown in from America.
The incidents, confirmed last week, have prompted public health chiefs to warn that infants under one should not be given honey.
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
Posted in Bacteria, E.coli, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Testing, Foodborne Illness, Hygiene, Laboratory, Microbiology, Pathogen, Recall, STEC, Toxin
Tagged bacterial gastroenteritis, NSW Health, South Eastern Sydney Public Heath Unit
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.
Posted in Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Testing, Food Virus, Foodborne Illness, Microbiology, Norovirus, outbreak, Pathogen, Virus
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
Posted in Bacillus, Bacillus cereus, Bacteria, Clams, E.coli, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Food Virus, Hygiene, Microbiology, Norovirus, Pathogen, RASFF, Recall
Tagged aromatic herbs, bacillus cereus, escherichia coli, rasff
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