Any cruise passengers with norovirus when Dawn Princess docked in Port Chalmers would not have come into contact with the public, a Princess Cruises spokesman said yesterday.
About 200 passengers have been confined to their cabins after the norovirus bug spread through the cruise ship while on a trip around New Zealand.
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Tagged cruise passengers, Dawn Princess, norovirus, Otago Daily Times, Port Chalmers, Princess Cruises
Friday the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) and several Denver metropolitan area public health departments released a report of their investigation of an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli O157:H7) that occurred in October 2013 at Denver Jimmy John’s restaurants.
Welcome to Food Safety Helpline – your one stop solution for staying up-to-date, understanding and implementing the requirements of the Food Safety and Standards Act and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
We are here to help you understand and comply with the requirements of this new and rapidly evolving law which has been put in place to provide safe and hygienic food to all the citizens of India.
Our team has worked with the food and hospitality industry for more than a decade, helping you implement the best food safety practices by regularly testing your products, ingredients and facilities to ensure compliance with global food safety standards.
Welcome to Food Safety Helpline – your one stop solution for staying up-to-date, understanding and implementing the requirements of the Food Safety and Standards Act and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
We are here to help you understand and comply with the requirements of this new and rapidly evolving law which has been put in place to provide safe and hygienic food to all the citizens of India.
Our team has worked with the food and hospitality industry for more than a decade, helping you implement the best food safety practices by regularly testing your products, ingredients and facilities to ensure compliance with global food safety standards.
Welcome to Food Safety Helpline – your one stop solution for staying up-to-date, understanding and implementing the requirements of the Food Safety and Standards Act and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
We are here to help you understand and comply with the requirements of this new and rapidly evolving law which has been put in place to provide safe and hygienic food to all the citizens of India.
Our team has worked with the food and hospitality industry for more than a decade, helping you implement the best food safety practices by regularly testing your products, ingredients and facilities to ensure compliance with global food safety standards.
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Tagged Food Safety, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
FIFTEEN people are believed to have suffered from Salmonella poisoning after eating in a Cumbrian town, officials have said.
10 cases of the bug have been confirmed by laboratory tests and there are five probable cases awaiting confirmation.
Officials say all those taken ill had visited Penrith over the weekend of 15-16 November.
Quarterly Progress Reports on Salmonella and Campylobacter Testing of Selected Raw Meat and Poultry Products
There are two Salmonella strains involved in the outbreak linked to contaminated bean sprouts that has sickened 87 people in 11 states. And both of them are rare, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
To solve and track this outbreak, public health investigators are using PulseNet, a national subtyping network of public health agencies that is coordinated by CDC.
A bean sprout Salmonella outbreak has sickened 87 people in 11 states, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Twenty seven percent of those sickened have been hospitalized.
The outbreak has been linked to Wonton Foods Inc. of Brooklyn, which suspended production briefly to clean its facility and resumed production on November 29. Health officials says it’s likely that the contaminated sprouts are no longer in circulation as the maximum shelf life of mung bean sprouts is 12 days.
The Netherlands Nutrition Centre launched a new food safety campaign in November with a little typographic help from bacteria.
For their five educational posters posted across the country, the Centre grew bacteria into the shape of words. Microbial samples from the dishcloths, vegetables and cutting boards of ordinary Dutch kitchens were cultured and photographed for the project.
Foodborne illnesses affect about 700,000 Dutch each year, and the goal of the campaign, entitled “Ziekmakers zie je niet” (“You can’t see what makes you ill”), was to help make invisible bacteria visible to consumers.
The Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite found in raw or undercooked meat, can latch on to pregnant moms and their unborn babies if ingested, potentially causing food poisoning, miscarriage or other complications to the unborn baby.
According to microbiologist Dr. Windell Rivera, “Usually infected newborns would have problems sa mata, sa utak, mga damage talaga at birth (Usually, infected newborns would have eye or brain damages at birth).”
Toxoplasmosis is the disease caused by the Toxoplasma gondii parasite. Naturally thriving in a cat’s stomach, it can contaminate soil, water, or plant material once released via the animal’s feces. Animals that ingest the parasite can be infected. Humans may contract the parasite by consuming contaminated meat products.
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Tagged food poisoning, parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, unborn babies, undercooked meat, Windell Rivera
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 14.6; Tot. = 24 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Spain
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 13.5; Tot. = 33.69 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Poland
RASFF-aflatoxins (Tot. = 16 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from Iran in Bulgaria
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 193; Tot. = 208 / B1 = 267; Tot. = 282 µg/kg – ppb) in piastachios from Iran in Bulgaria
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 15.96; Tot. = 16.96 µg/kg – ppb) in kernels pistachio from Turkey in Italy
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 7.6 mg/kg – ppm) in roasted chopped hazelnut kernels from Turkey in Spain
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 28; Tot. = 37 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Italy
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 9.4 mg/kg – ppm) in hezelnut kernels from Turkey in Bulgaria
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 9.23; Tot. = 15.59 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Slovakia
RASFF-histamine (from 310 to 334 mg/kg – ppm) in frozen yellowfin tuna from India in France
RASFF-high count of moulds (< 100; <100; 100000; 85000; <100; <100; <100; 2000; 360; <100 CFU/g) in ground cheese from Italy in Italy
RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (>6000 CFU/g) in raw cow’s milk cheese from France in France
RASFF-too high count of Escherichia coli (9200 MPN/100g) in live clams (Ruditapes philippinarum) from Italy in Italy
RASFF -Campylobacter jejuni (500/1200/500/300/100/1300/300/900/100/200/100/700 CFU/g) in chickenbreast fillets from Poland in Denmark
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Tagged Campylobacter jejuni, escherichia coli, france, italy, yellowfin tuna
