TWO children are in hospital following an E.coli outbreak at a nursery school.
Specialists from Public Health England and environmental health officers are investigating the cases of E.coli O157, which are linked to Little Brook Childrens Nursery, in Great Harwood.
Bailey Farms, Inc. of Oxford, NC is voluntarily recalling 6,215 pounds of Fresh Serrano Chile Peppers, 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. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditic and arthritis.
The Fresh Serrano Chile Peppers was distributed to Meijer, Inc. and customers may have purchased this product from October 14th to October 19th at Meijer stores in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.
In addition this product was distributed to Publix Super Markets Inc., Merchants Distributors, Inc., Walmart, Food Lion, Flavor 1st Growers and Packers, US Foods, Military Produce Group, LLC.,C&S Wholesalers, John Vena, Inc. and Harris Teeter. Consumers who suspect they may have purchased Fresh Serrano Chile Peppers from the above listed companies between the dates of October 2, 2014 to October 21, 2014 should check with the above listed companies to verify if the product was subject to recall.
No illnesses have been reported to date.
An experimental drug currently being trialled for influenza and Ebola viruses could have a new target: norovirus, often known as the winter vomiting virus. A team of researchers has shown that the drug, favipiravir, is effective at reducing — and in some cases eliminating — norovirus infection in mice
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RASFF-Salmonella typhimurium (presence /25g) in chilled turkey carcasses from France in France
RASFF-Salmonella Napoli (presence /25g) in fresh packed rucola from Italy, via the Netherlands in Finland
RASFF-Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in paan leaves from India in the UK
RASFF-Salmonella spp. in cucumber salad from France in France
RASFF-Salmonella spp. in infusion leaves of Aloysia citrodora from Ecuador in Spain
RASFF-Salmonella typhimurium in frozen pork meat from Germany in Sweden
RASFF-Salmonella infantis (presence /25g) in frozen chicken breast fillets from Ukraine, via the Netherlands in Finland
RASFF– Bacillus cereus enterotoxigenic (390000 CFU/g) in gnocchi from Italy in Germany
RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (> 1500 ; < 240 ; < 40 ; < 10 CFU/g) in chilled salads from France in France
RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (presence /25g) in smoked salmon from Poland in Italy
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RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 28; Tot. = 31 µg/kg – ppb) in almonds from the United States in France
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 30 µg/kg – ppb) in raw pistachios in shell from Iran in Lithuania
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 76.7; Tot. = 87.0 / B1 = 34.7; Tot. = 37.8 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio nuts from Iran in Germany
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 30; Tot. = 32 µg/kg – ppb) in whole nutmeg from Indonesia in the Netherlands
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 21; Tot. = 24 µg/kg – ppb) in whole nutmeg from Indonesia in the Netherlands
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 8.5; Tot. = 9.0 / B1 = 12.2; Tot. = 13.5 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio nuts from Iran in Germany
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 66.9; Tot. = 73.3 µg/kg – ppb) in almonds from Afghanistan in Italy
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 4.3 µg/kg – ppb) in blanched groundnuts from China in the Netherlands
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 4.9 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from Brazil in the Netherlands
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 37.80 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from Iran, dispatched from Turkey in Germany
RASFF-aflatoxins (Tot. = 295.8 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from Iran, dispatched from Turkey in Germany
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 55 / B1 = 25 µg/kg – ppb) in salted roasted pistachios from Turkey in the Netherlands
RASFF-ochratoxin A (31 µg/kg – ppb) in pumpking seeds from China in the Netherlands
RASFF-Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in fish meal from Mauritania in Spain
RASFF-Salmonella spp. in fish meal from Mauritania in Denmark
RASFF-Salmonella spp. (4 out of 7 samples /25g) in rapeseed meal from Germany in Germany
RASFF-Salmonella Inganda (presence /25g), Salmonella Livingstone (presence /25g) and Salmonella Rissen (presence /25g) in feed stuff from Argentinain Italy
RASFF-Salmonella in fish meal from Mauritania in Denmark
RASFF-Aflatoxins (B1 = 40 µg/kg – ppb) in birdfeed from India in the UK
RASFF-Too high count of Enterobacteriaceae (>49000 MPN/g) in dog chews from Thailand in the UK
RASFF-Possible presence of Bacillus anthracis in beef bones for feed from Slovakia in the Netherlands
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