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USA – PDX Aromatics Issues Second Expanded Recall of Kratom Products for Possible Salmonella – Tamarack Inc. Recalls Eclipse Kratom

Posted on March 26, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Food Poisoning Bulletin

PDX Aromatics, doing business as Kraken Kratom, Phytoextractum, and Soul Speciosa is issuing a second expanded recall of their products because they may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. The company is aware of four confirmed cases of Salmonella associated with the consumption of red and white vein products.

FDA

Tamarack Inc. of Roy, Utah is voluntarily recalling Eclipse Kratom-containing powder products because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

The affected powder products are packaged in plastic heat sealed pouches or plastic sealed bottles sold in one gram capsules and powder. Distribution of an estimated 120 units were sold directly to five retailers in Utah.

No illnesses have been reported to date.

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USA – Top sirloin steaks recalled for possible Salmonella contamination

Posted on March 20, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News kswfoodworld Salmonella

In Bridgeview, IL, SMI Holdings Inc., doing business as Stampede Meat,  has recalled approximately 484,800 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The raw beef products were incorporated into a non-meat ingredient, Au Jus Seasoning, which tested positive for the presence of Salmonella.  The frozen raw beef top sirloin steak items were produced on various dates from Feb. 19, 2018 through March 14, 2018.

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USA – UPDATE: Salmonella illnesses linked to recalled Natural Grocers organic coconut prompt suspension of production – Salmonella

Posted on March 20, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

The CDC is working with several states to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella illnesses, an agency spokesperson said Monday evening. Earlier in the day the FDA posted a recall notice from Natural Grocers for its branded “Coconut Smiles Organic” because of Salmonella contamination.Six illnesses have been reported in connection with the Natural Grocers coconut, according to the company’s recall notice. The Lakewood, CO, company and the Food and Drug Administration both found Salmonella in packages of the coconut

Natural Grocers distributed the implicated “Coconut Smiles Organic” to 145 stores in 19 states.

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Canada – 30 Sick in Canada from Frozen Raw Chicken – Salmonella

Posted on March 20, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Food Poison Journal Salm2

In Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick, there have been a total of 30 cases of Salmonella illness linked to poultry, including frozen raw breaded chicken products. There have been no recall warnings associated with this outbreak. The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections in four provinces with cases of human illness linked to poultry, including frozen raw breaded chicken products. The investigation is ongoing, and this public health notice will be updated on a regular basis as the investigation evolves.The risk to Canadians is low. Salmonella is commonly found in raw chicken and frozen raw breaded chicken products. Illnesses can be avoided if safe food handling, preparation and cooking practices are followed when preparing these types of food products.

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Canada – A plan to reduce Salmonella illness risk

Posted on March 19, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Poultry Med

In the last 10 years the incidence of salmonella illness in Canada has steadily increased. This increase has been driven by Salmonella enteritidis (SE), the most common strain of salmonella in the food supply that is often associated with poultry.
Extensive efforts have been made by the federal food safety partners and the industry to increase consumer awareness that these products are raw and need to be fully cooked before consumption, as well as significant attempts by the industry to improve labelling and cooking instructions on packages. Despite these efforts, frozen raw breaded chicken products continue to be identified as a source of salmonella infection in Canada. As such, the CFIA is working with industry to identify and implement measures at the manufacturing/processing level to reduce salmonella to below a detectable amount in frozen raw breaded chicken products such as chicken nuggets, chicken fingers, chicken strips, popcorn chicken and chicken burgers that are packaged for retail sale.
This approach focuses the responsibility on the poultry industry and represents a fundamental change to existing requirements for frozen raw breaded chicken products. These new measures call for processors to identify salmonella as a hazard and to implement changes in order to produce an end product that reduces salmonella to below a detectable amount. The CFIA has granted industry a 12-month implementation period, to begin immediately, to make these changes.

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USA – Salmonella outbreak linked to kratom: More strains included in investigation

Posted on March 16, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Outbreak News Today kswfoodworld salmonella

Forty-seven more ill people have been reported and 8 more states (Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas, and West Virginia) are included in this outbreak, bringing the total to 87 sick people from 35 states.

Twenty seven people required hospitalization for their illness. No deaths have been reported.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also expanded the investigation to include outbreak strains from three additional serotypes of Salmonella: Salmonella Javiana, Salmonella Okatie, and Salmonella Thompson, in addition to Salmonella I 4,[5],12:b:- .

Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicates that kratom is the likely source of this multistate outbreak. No common brands or suppliers of kratom products have been identified at this time.

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FSAI – Recall of Golden Sun Bio Organic Amaranth Grains, Sold in Lidl, Due to Detection of Salmonella

Posted on March 16, 2018 by | Leave a comment

FSAI

As a precautionary measure, Estyria Naturprodukte GmbH is recalling all batches of Golden Sun Bio Organic Amaranth, which were sold in Lidl stores.  As part of routine testing, Salmonella was detected in the product.  Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores that sold this product.

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Canada – Updated Food Recall Warning – Organic Matters brand Organic Cardamom Seed Whole Green Pods recalled due to Salmonella

Posted on March 16, 2018 by | Leave a comment

CFIA

Recall details

Ottawa, March 15, 2018 – The food recall warning issued on March 14, 2018 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Organic Matters is recalling Organic Matters brand Organic Cardamom Seed Whole Green Pods from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
Organic Matters Organic Cardamom Seed Whole Green Pods 113g Lot# W5934 None
Organic Matters Organic Cardamom Seed Whole Green Pods 454g Lot# W5934 None

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UK -Scotland- Annual surveillance reports – Salmonella and Campylobacter

Posted on March 15, 2018 by | Leave a comment

HPS Scotland

The annual surveillance reports for laboratory-confirmed cases of Salmonella and Campylobacter in Scotland in 2017 are now available on the HPS website.

The annual summary of Campylobacter in Scotland, 2017 can be accessed at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/pubs/detail.aspx?id=3446, while the annual summary of Salmonella in Scotland, 2017 is at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/pubs/detail.aspx?id=3447.

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USA – Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Agbeni Infections Linked to Pet Turtles, 2017 (Final Update)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by | Leave a comment

CDC Salm2

Outbreak Advisory

76
Cases

19
States

30
Hospitalizations

0
Deaths

  • CDC and multiple states investigated a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella infections linked to contact with pet turtles.
  • A total of 76 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Agbeni were reported from 19 states.
    • Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 1, 2017 to December 1, 2017.
    • Of 63 people with available information, 30 were hospitalized. No deaths were reported.
    • 24 (32%) ill people were children younger than 5.
  • Epidemiologic and laboratory findings linked this outbreak of human Salmonella Agbeni infections to contact with turtles or their environments, such as water from a turtle habitat.
    • In interviews, ill people answered questions about contact with animals during the week before becoming ill. Twenty-three (38%) of the 60 people interviewed reported contact with turtles or their environments, such as water from a turtle habitat, before getting sick.
    • Of the 23 ill people who had contact with turtles, 14 (61%) reported contact with small turtles that had a shell length of less than four inches. They reported purchasing the turtle from a street vendor or receiving the turtle as a gift.
    • In 2015, state and local health officials collected samples from turtles at a street vendor. Whole genome sequencing(https://www.cdc.gov/pulsenet/pathogens/wgs.html) showed that the Salmonella Agbeni isolated from ill people in this outbreak was closely related genetically to the Salmonella Agbeni isolates from the turtles at the street vendor. This close genetic relationship means that illnesses in this outbreak were likely linked to turtles.
  • Whole genome sequencing(https://www.cdc.gov/pulsenet/pathogens/wgs.html) did not identify predicted antibiotic resistance in 43 of 44 isolates from ill people
    • One isolate from an ill person had predicted resistance to nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin. The resistance in this isolate is unlikely to affect treatment for most outbreak-associated cases.
  • Testing of four outbreak isolates using standard antibiotic susceptibility testing(https://www.cdc.gov/narms/resources/glossary.html) methods by CDC’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)(https://www.cdc.gov/narms/resources/glossary.html) laboratory did not show any resistance.
  • Do not buy small turtles as pets or give them as gifts.
  • All turtles, regardless of size, can carry Salmonella bacteria even if they look healthy and clean. These outbreaks are a reminder to follow simple steps(https://www.cdc.gov/Features/salmonellafrogturtle/) to enjoy pet reptiles and keep your family healthy.
  • This outbreak investigation is over. Illnesses could continue because people may not know they could get a Salmonella infection from contact with pet turtles.

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