RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 7.1; Tot. = 8.8 mg/kg – ppm) in peanut from China in Portugal
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 48; Tot. = 57 µg/kg – ppb) and fumonisins (2300 µg/kg – ppb) in white maize dunst from Serbia in Switzerland
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 27.75; Tot. = 29.94 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from Iran in Slovakia
RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 116; Tot. = 250 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Mozambique
Posted in Aflatoxin, Food Hygiene, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Microbiology, Moulds, Mycotoxin, Pathogen, RASFF, Recall
Tagged aflatoxins, Portugal RASFF, ppb, rasff, Switzerland RASFF
RASFF -Salmonella group D (present /25g) in frozen beef burgers from Germany in Finland
RASFF -Salmonella (in 2 out of 5 samples) in paan leaves from Bangladesh in the UK
RASFF -Salmonella spp. (in 2 out of 5 samples /25g) in paan leaves (betel/pan) from India in the UK
RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in paan leaves from Bangladesh in the UK
RASFF -Salmonella enteritidis in whole chicken frozen from Poland in Italy
RASFF -Salmonella enteritidis (presence /25g) in frozen poultry meat manufactured in Poland, with raw material from the Czech Republic in Poland
RASFF-Salmonella Oranienburg (present /25g) in soy bean meal from Italy in Austria
RASFF-Salmonella (present /25g) in soy bean meal from Argentina, via Germany in Poland
RASFF-Salmonella Tennessee (presence /25g) in rapecake from Croatia in Germany
RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in meat meal for petfood (food-producing animals) from New Zealand in the UK
Several children who attend the same Dundee nursery have been hit by salmonella.
Eight children at Technotots Nursery in Brunel Road, Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate, were struck down with the bacteria last month.
NHS Tayside’s health protection team, environmental health officers and Health Protection Scotland have been called in to identify the source of exposure. As yet the investigation has not revealed what caused the salmonella infections but the owner of Technotots denies it originated in the nursery.
The children involved were not believed to have been taken seriously ill.
An NHS Tayside spokeswoman said none had to be hospitalised as a result of their condition.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now says that 31 people in 20 states and Puerto Rico have been infected with seven outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg. But no recall. That is an increase of 39 from the last update on October 87, 2013.
Forty-two percent of ill persons have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Seventy-three percent of patients are from California. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback investigations by local, state, and federal officials indicate that consumption of Foster Farms chicken is the likely source of this outbreak.
Posted in Bacteria, Food Hygiene, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Foodborne Illness, Hygiene, Illness, Laboratory, Microbiology, Pathogen, Poisoning, Salmonella
Tagged Food Poisoning Bulletin The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Salmonella Heidelberg
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. are warning the public not to consume the Kirkland Signature brand Organic Lean Ground Beef described below because it may be contaminated with pathogenic E. coli bacteria.
This product has been sold from Costco warehouses in BC, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product
In the context of the prevailing trend toward more natural products, there seems to be an increasing preference for raw milk consumption as raw milk is associated with several perceived health benefits that are believed to be destroyed upon heating. However, many human pathogens can be isolated from raw cow milk. The prevalence of foodborne pathogens in raw cow milk varies, but their presence has been demonstrated in many surveys and foodborne infections have been repeatedly reported for Campylobacter, Salmonella spp. and human pathogenic verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli. In industrialized countries, milk-borne and milk product-borne outbreaks represent 2–6% of the bacterial foodborne outbreaks.
The aim of this review is to present scientifically sound data regarding the risks and benefits related to the consumption of raw and heated cow milk. Both microbiological aspects (e.g., the prevalence of milk-borne pathogens, pathogen growth inhibition by antimicrobial systems and by lactic acid producing bacteria, probiotic bacteria, etc.) and nutritional or health aspects (nutritional value, immunity, allergies, lactose intolerance, diabetes, milk digestibility, etc.) are considered.
As such, it is demonstrated that consumption of raw milk poses a realistic health threat due to a possible contamination with human pathogens. It is therefore strongly recommended that milk should be heated before consumption. With the exception of an altered organoleptic profile, heating (in particularly ultra high temperature and similar treatments) will not substantially change the nutritional value of raw milk or other benefits associated with raw milk consumption.
Posted in Bacteria, Campylobacter, E.coli, E.coli O157, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Microbiology, Pathogen, Raw Milk, Research
Tagged cow milk, health benefits, human pathogens, milk consumption, raw cow milk, raw milk
Many Americans are unaware that Salmonella poisoning causes real illness with real costs. In the U.S., direct medical cost associated with the treatment of Salmonella poisoning total about $1 million each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“We need to understand the true burden of Salmonella in our food,’’ said Fred Pritzker, a national food safety lawyer, who is publishes Food Poisoning Bulletin. “If we don’t raise awareness, we’ll never get the interventions we need to stop food poisoning.’’
Each year, about 1.5 million Americans are sickened by Salmonella poisoning.
Public health officials in Illinois and Kentucky are investigating separate outbreaks of Salmonella associated with independent Mexican restaurants. Combined, the Hacienda Don Villo outbreak in Channahon, Illinois, and the Casa Mexicana outbreak in Madisonville, Kentucky, have sickened about 50 people. In Kentucky, one of the outbreak patients has died.
“Every outbreak of Salmonella carries the prospect of life-long illness for unsuspecting families,’’ said Fred Pritzker, founder of national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys. Pritzker said too many people downplay the burdens of Salmonella infection, which can trigger an assortment of long-term illness in some patients. In others, Salmonellosis resolves itself with no medical attention and the illness is over.
Several news outlets are reporting that a Salmonella outbreak in Limestone County, Alabama is associated with an annual bean dinner fundraiser in Athens at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center, held by the Limestone County Foundation on Aging. At least six people have been confirmed ill with the pathogenic bacteria.
The dinner was held on Friday night, October 4, 2013. The hospital then saw “dozens of people” over the weekend with symptoms including diarrhea, vomiting, and nausea. The Alabama Department of Public health is now involved and will testing food that is left over from the meal.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert Monday after an estimated 278 illnesses in 18 states caused by Salmonella Heidelberg were linked to consumption of raw chicken produced at three Foster Farms facilities in California.
FSIS said while the illnesses had not been been linked to a specific product or production period, raw chicken from the company’s California facilities bear one of the these establishment numbers inside a USDA mark of inspection or elsewhere on the package: “P6137,” “P6137A,” and “P7632.” The products were mainly distributed to retail outlets in California, Oregon and Washington state.
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