According to WFMY News in North Carolina, two children in Davidson County have been hospitalized with severe, bloody diarrhea and may be suffering from E. coli infections. The cases were reported on Friday, December 27, 2013. The possible cause of these illnesses is not known at this time.
Posted in Bacteria, E.coli, E.coli O157, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Foodborne Illness, HUS, Laboratory, Microbiology, Pathogen, Poisoning
Tagged bloody diarrhea, Davidson County, E. coli infections, food poisoning, North Carolina, WFMY News
Escherichia coli O157 (E. coli O157) has been isolated from bison retail meat, a fact that is important given that bison meat has been implicated in an E. coli O157-multistate outbreak. In addition, E. coli O157 has also been isolated from bison feces at slaughter and on farms. Cattle are well documented as E. coli O157 reservoirs, and the primary site of E. coli O157 persistence in such reservoirs is the rectoanal junction (RAJ), located at the distal end of the bovine gastrointestinal tract.
RASFF -shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli in frozen boneless beef from Brazil in the Netherlands
RASFF -shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli in chilled boneless beef from Brazil in the Netherlands
RASFF -Listeria monocytogenes (210 CFU/g) in chilled sliced smoked salmon from Denmark in Italy
Posted in Bacteria, E.coli, E.coli O157, EHEC, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Hygiene, Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes, Microbiology, Pathogen, RASFF, Recall
Tagged boneless beef, escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, rasff
Flat Creek Farm & Dairy of Swainsboro, Georgia is recalling cheeses due to potential health risk after a routine sampling program conducted by the Georgia Department of Agriculture revealed a possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
The recall affects Heavenly Blue cheese of lot code 130916XHB and Aztec Cheddar cheese of lot code 130823XAZ. Ninety pounds of Heavenly Blue and 78 pounds of Aztec Cheddar cheese have been recalled.
The affected cheeses were distributed in certain parts of Georgia and Florida and through online orders of Flat Creek Dairy website.
Consumers who have purchased the products in question are requested to return them to the place of purchase. They may also call Flat Creek Dairy & Farm at 478-237-0123 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST for more information.
Last month too, Flat Creek Farm & Dairy recalled 200 pounds of Heavenly Blue cheese because of potential contamination with Salmonella.
Posted in Bacteria, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Pathogen, Recall, Salmonella
Tagged Aztec Cheddar, Flat Creek Farm & Dairy, Georgia, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Heavenly Blue, salmonella bacteria, Swainsboro
Growers and processors of USDA certified organic foods are in need of suitable organic antimicrobials. The purpose of the research reported here was to develop and test natural antimicrobials derived from an all-natural by-product, organic pecan shells. Unroasted and roasted organic pecan shells were subjected to solvent free extraction to produce antimicrobials that were tested against Listeria spp. and L. monocytogenes serotypes to determine the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of antimicrobials. The effectiveness of pecan shell extracts were further tested using a poultry skin model system and the growth inhibition of the Listeria cells adhered onto the skin model were quantified. The solvent free extracts of pecan shells inhibited Listeria strains at MICs as low as 0.38%. The antimicrobial effectiveness tests on a poultry skin model exhibited nearly a 2 log reduction of the inoculated cocktail mix of Listeria strains when extracts of pecan shell powder were used. The extracts also produced greater than a 4 log reduction of the indigenous spoilage bacteria on the chicken skin. Thus, the pecan shell extracts may prove to be very effective alternative antimicrobials against food pathogens and supplement the demand for effective natural antimicrobials for use in organic meat processing.
RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen spiced turkey medallions from Brazil in the Netherlands
RASFF -Salmonella typhimurium in chilled edible swine offal from France in Italy
RASFF -Salmonella Heidelberg (present /25g) in frozen spiced turkey breasts from Brazil in Spain
RASFF -Salmonella enteritidis in chilled poultry meat from Poland, with raw material from the Czech Republic in Poland
RASFF -Salmonella typhimurium (presence /25g) in edible swine offal from France in Italy
RASFF -Salmonella Stanley (in 2 samples of 5 /25g) in frozen chicken thighs from the United Kingdom, via the Netherlands in Latvia
RASFF -Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen spiced turkey medallions from Brazil in the Netherlands
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