Five people who visited restaurants in the Westin Verasa Napa Hotel in Napa County, California have confirmed cases of Hepatitis A, the health department reports. The exposure took place between Feb. 9 and Feb. 26 at La Toque restaurant and BANK Café and Bar.The health department has not yet determined the source.
The food recall warning issued on March 10, 2015 has been updated to include additional distribution information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.
Elite Salads International is recalling Elite Salads brand schmaltz herring products from the marketplace because they may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.
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Officials with the Napa County, CA, Public Health Division are investigating an unusual outbreak of Hepatitis A cases in the past two weeks, reportedly the first there in more than five years. The suspected source has not yet been announced.
Two of the five confirmed cases are employees at La Toque restaurant and the Bank Café and Bar at the Westin Verasa Napa Hotel in Napa, CA. The other three are not connected to the restaurants or other public places, health officials said.
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Only 5 per cent of shipments of the imported canned tuna at the centre of a Sydney food poisoning scare were being checked at the border at the time of the outbreak, despite canned tuna being classed as high risk.
While officials usually test 100 per cent of consignments of high-risk products, the rate of checks on John Bull tuna had been reduced to the minimum level because of the good compliance history of its manufacturer.
Seven customers of Sydney’s Soul Origin cafe last month reportedly became ill with symptoms of scombroid poisoning after consuming salad containing the tuna, which is canned in Thailand.
The 5 per cent inspection rate for the tuna is the same level of surveillance that was being applied to the supposedly low-risk frozen berries from China which were linked to more than 20 cases of hepatitis A last month.
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RASFF-Salmonella spp. (presence /50g) in moringa leaves powder from India in Austria
RASFF-Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen spiced turkey half breast boneless skinless from Brazil in Italy
RASFF-Salmonella Mbandaka (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from India in Germany
RASFF-Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen minced meat from Poland in France
RASFF-Salmonella group B (presence /25g) in frozen chicken meat from Germany in France
RASFF-Salmonella typhimurium (presence /25g) in frozen pork back fat from Italy in Romania
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RASFF-Campylobacter in spring onions from Egypt, via Germany in Denmark
