At least 25 Minnesotans have been sickened with salmonellosis linked to eating a raw Mexican-style cheese, queso fresco, state health officials said. The outbreak illustrates the dangers of consuming unpasteurized dairy products.
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the City of Minneapolis have been investigating the outbreak and the source of the raw milk used to make the cheese since the first cases were detected in late April.
CHELYABINSK, Russia, May 20 (UPI) — About 66 pounds of cream puffs were removed from stores in the Russian Urals city of Chelyabinsk on Monday after a salmonella outbreak was reported there.
“The police have found 12 outlets selling these products. About 30 kilograms [about 66 pounds] of cream puffs were removed from sale. A working group has been set up to find other outlets. An investigation is under way,” a spokeswoman for the Chelyabinsk region police department told ITAR-Tass.
ITAR-Tass said 36 people, including eight children, were hospitalized with salmonella poisoning in Chelyabinsk, two in serious condition.
Local news sources said as many as 41 people have been sickened, ITAR-Tass reported.
Posted in Bacteria, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Foodborne Illness, Hygiene, Illness, Microbiology, outbreak, Pathogen, Salmonella
Tagged chelyabinsk region, chelyabinsk russia, itar tass, salmonella outbreak, salmonella poisoning, top news
Egypt’s Health Minister Mohamed Hamed said that salmonella bacteria was behind the second mass poisoning incident in Al-Azhar University in Cairo.
Hamed said in a press statement on Friday that the final report on the incident revealed that the bacteria contaminated the food, which left 180 students hospitalised on 29 April after eating in the dormitory.
The minister also stressed the importance of the personal hygiene of staff members involved in food preparation.
Earlier, on 1 April, over 500 students were hospitalised with food poisoning after eating on campus, which sparked protests.
CONTAMINATED water has left 13 people with stomach illnesses after two outbreaks of the parasitic disease crypto-sporidiosis.
Up to 6,000 people in Roscommon town and its surrounds have been affected by the bug in the local water supply.
A “boil water notice” has been in place since April 25. The contamination can lead to a gut infection caused by a parasite, which results in a diarrhoea-type illness.
People living and working in the area have been advised by Roscommon County Council and the HSE to boil all water for drinking, preparation of salads and for use in brushing teeth.
Both bodies have set up an Incident Response Team to minimise the risk to the public.
Sales of bottled water have shot up in the area amid concerns that the boil water restriction could remain in place until the system gets the all-clear, which could take several weeks.
Posted in Cryptosporidium, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Testing, Foodborne Illness, Hygiene, Illness, Microbiology, outbreak, Pathogen, Water
Tagged boil water, incident response team, local water supply, roscommon county council, stomach illnesses, water restriction
Two Northumbria University students who became ill after their graduation ball have tested positive for vomiting bug, norovirus.
Around 30 people complained of sickness after the event at the Assembly Rooms on May 10.
Experts from the North East Public Health England Centre are working with environmental health colleagues at Newcastle City Council to investigate the outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting.
A spokesperson for Public Health England said: “Approximately 30 students who attended an event in Newcastle on 10 May have reported symptoms of illness.
“Two samples taken from students who were ill have tested positive for norovirus (also known as the winter vomiting bug) which is the most common cause of gastro-enteritis in England and Wales.”
Norovirus causes about one fourth of all food poisoning cases in Canada each year, according to a new study published in the May issue of the journal Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. About 4 million Canadians, one in every eight, are sickened by food poisoning each year, according to the study. Norovirus is also the leading cause of food poisoning in the U.S. where one in six people, or about 48 million, are stricken by foodborne illness each year.
The Canadian study looked at illnesses reported from a variety of sources including: the Canadian Notifiable Disease Surveillance System, the National Enteric Surveillance Program, enhanced national listeriosis surveillance, the provincial reportable disease surveillance system, national studies on gastrointestinal illness and C-EnterNet surveillance. Most of the illnesses reported, about 60 percent of them, were from unspecified agents.
Posted in Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Food Virus, Microbiology, Norovirus, outbreak, Pathogen, Research
Tagged disease surveillance, foodborne pathogens, gastrointestinal illness, reportable disease, surveillance program, surveillance system
RASFF – Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning (ASP) toxins in chilled scallops from France
RASFF – Hepatitis A virus in chilled oysters from France and the Netherlands
RASFF – Hepatitis A virus in frozen berry mix from Italy, with raw material from Bulgaria in Italy
RASFF – Faecal streptococci (17000 CFU/g) in desiccated coconut from Indonesia, via Malaysia in Italy
Posted in Algal Toxin, ASP, Bacteria, Eurofins Laboratories, Faecal Streptpcocci, Food Chemistry, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Spoilage, Food Testing, Food Virus, Hepatitis A, Microbiology, Pathogen, Poisoning, Shellfish, Toxin, Virus
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 27 / B1 = 11 / B1 = 44 / B1 = 49 µg/kg – ppb) in rice bran for horses from Sweden
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 4.8 µg/kg – ppb) in millet flour from Senegal in Italy
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 15.1; Tot. = 34 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from the Netherlands in Germany
RASFF – Ochratoxin A (6.6 µg/kg – ppb) in aseptic grape must concentrate from Iran in Italy
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 16.8; Tot. = 17.3 µg/kg – ppb) in chilli hot powder from India in Ireland
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 7.7 µg/kg – ppb) in crushed chilli from India in Bulgaria
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 38.8; Tot. = 97.3 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted pistachios from Turkey in Germany
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 5.2; Tot. = 6.1 µg/kg – ppb) in peanut butter from India in the UK
Posted in Aflatoxin, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Microbiology, Moulds, Mycotoxin, Ochratoxin, Pathogen, RASFF, Recall
Tagged aflatoxins, figs, peanut butter, pistachios, rasff, rice bran for horses
RASFF – Too high count of Enterobacteriaceae (300;510;470;370;340 CFU/g) in lamb meal from the Netherlands, with raw material from New Zealand in Belgium
RASFF – Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (presence /25g) in boneless beef meat (Bos taurus) from Uruguay in Spain
RASFF – Too high count of Escherichia coli (9200 MPN/100g) in clams from Italy
RASFF – high count of Escherichia coli (2600 CFU/100g) in centella (Centella asiatica) from Sri Lanka
RASFF – Salmonella Heidelberg (presence /25g) in frozen salted chicken breast fillets from Brazil in the Netherlands
RASFF – Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in salami without garlic from Belgium
RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in holy basil fresh leaves from Thailand in Denmark
RASFF -Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in black pepper from Vietnam infested with moulds (2.2 %) in Poland
RASFF – Salmonella spp. (1 out of 5 samples /25g) in paan leaves (betel/pan) from Bangladesh in the UK
RASFF – Salmonella Stendal (presence /25g) in frozen chicken livers from Brazil in Bulgaria
RASFF – Salmonella Weltevreden in spinach from Sri Lanka in Norway
RASFF – Salmonella typhimurium (presence /25g) in frozen chicken meat (Gallus gallus) from Brazil in Portugal
RASFF – Salmonella enteritidis (1 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen whole chicken hen from Poland, with raw material from the Czech Republic in Poland
RASFF – Salmonella in dog chews from Germany
Posted in Eurofins Laboratories, Food Chemistry, Food Hygiene, Food Illness, Food Inspections, Food Micro Blog, Food Microbiology, Food Poisoning, Food Safety, Food Safety Alert, Food Testing, Microbiology, Pathogen, RASFF, Recall
Tagged chicken breast fillets, chicken livers, holy basil, salmonella enteritidis, salmonella spp, salmonella typhimurium
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