RASFF -Bacillus cereus diarrheal enterotoxin (11000 CFU/g) in food supplement from the United States in Finland
With the harvest underway, it’s important to keep a watchful eye out for mycotoxin-producing molds. These species include Aspergillus flavus, which causes Aspergillus ear rot and produces the carcinogenic toxin aflatoxin, as well as species of Fusarium molds. These toxins can lead to production losses as grain may be rejected, as well as leading to illness in humans or animals that consume the toxin in significant quantities. Here’s a quick primer on some molds of concern and the toxins they produce. For more information and regulatory thresholds for toxins, please see Neogen’s Mycotoxin Handbook.
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RASFF – Histamine (240 mg/kg – ppm) in chilled tuna loins from Spain
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RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 24 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio kernels from Turkey in Itlay
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 30; Tot. = 36 µg/kg – ppb) in melon seeds from Nigeria in Italy
RASFF -Ochratoxin A (33 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted groundnuts in shell from China in the Netherlands
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 11.4; Tot. = 31.4 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in France
RASFF -Aflatoxins (B1 = 12.7; Tot. = 13.2 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio nuts from Turkey in Germany
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 14.7; Tot. = 16.1 µg/kg – ppb) in crushed chilly from India in the UK
The city of Ovalle in Chile’s Coquimbo region suffered a massive outbreak of norovirus in the first week of September, infecting 3,000-plus residents, due to insufficient chlorine levels in the potable water supplied by water utility Aguas del Valle, according to a release by the regional health authority Seremi.
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One in ten sausages may carry the hepatitis virus: Cases of rare deadly strain have rocketed 40% in a year.Once considered very rare, cases have risen by nearly 40 per cent in a year, 1 in 50 of those infected will die, rising to one in five pregnant women.
Sausages most dangerous pork product – they contain liver meat
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 4.79; Tot. = 5.48 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts with shell from China in Spain
RASFF – Aflatoxins (Tot. = 18 µg/kg – ppb) in peanuts in shell from China in France
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 12.7 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in France
RASFF -Aflatoxins (B1 = 22; Tot. = 65 µg/kg – ppb) in cayenne pepper powder from Ethiopia in Finland
RASFF -Aflatoxins (B1 = 10.2 µg/kg – ppb) in chilli powder from India in France
RASFF -Aflatoxins (Tot. = 8.3 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled peanuts from the United States in the UK
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 24; Tot. = 38 µg/kg – ppb) in barley sunflower seed groundnut mix from Ethiopia in Findland
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 13; Tot. = 34 µg/kg – ppb) in crushed chilli from Ethiopia in Finland
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 8.5; Tot. = 13 µg/kg – ppb) in blanched groundnut kernels from China in the Netherlands
RASFF -Aflatoxins (B1 = 10; Tot. = 12.2 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Senegal in Belgium
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 73; Tot. = 96.6 / B1 = 2; Tot. = 4 µg/kg – ppb) in peanut butter from Senegal in Belgium
RASFF -Aflatoxins (B1 = 7.5; Tot. = 8.8 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Turkey in Germany
RASFF -Aflatoxins (B1 = 92.3; Tot. = 105.1 / B1 = 10.4; Tot. = 11.2 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Turkey in France
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 42.9; Tot. = 45.2 µg/kg – ppb) in chilly powder from India in Greece
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 27.8; Tot. = 31.7 µg/kg – ppb) in nutmeg from India in Greece
RASFF -Aflatoxins (B1 = 96.7; Tot. = 289.6 / B1 = 81; Tot. = 90.1 / B1 = 25.3; Tot. = 27.4 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from the United States in Luxembourg
RASFF – Ochratoxin A (65.6 µg/item) in madras curry powder from India in Cyprus
RASFF -Ochratoxin A (36.2 µg/kg – ppb) in hot madras curry powder from the United Kingdom in CYprus
A toxin dangerous to humans may help E. coli fend off aquatic predators, enabling strains of E. coli that produce the toxin to survive longer in lake water than benign counterparts, a new study from researchers from the University at Buffalo and Mercyhurst University finds.
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