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HPS

Further to Current note 48/0503 (at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=57311), the Public Health Protection Unit of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde issued a further update on 6 February announcing the identification of a further four cases linked to events on the 17, 18 and 19 January at the SSE Hydro. This brought the total number of cases to 15.

The Public Health Protection Unit of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) was still liaising with other NHS boards, Health Protection Scotland, the Food Standards Agency and Glasgow City Council Environmental Health to investigate the cases. A further update is expected later this week. [Source: NHSGGC News Release, 6 February 2014. http://www.nhsggc.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1192_3&newsid=17583&…]

CFIA

Jensen Ltd. is recalling Jensen Cheese brand Old Cheddar Cheese (white) from the marketplace due to possible Listeria contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described in the link above.

The affected product, Jensen Cheese brand Old Cheddar Cheese (white), was sold in variable weight packages at the following retail locations in Ontario during the periods shown below

HACCP Europa

Greek Food Safety Authority (EFET) and its Regional Directorate of Epirus, following Official Food Control, requested the recall of smoked fillet trout due to the presence of the pathogen microorganism Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes can cause illness in certain groups of people, such as pregnant women, unborn and newborn babies, and anyone with reduced immunity, particularly the over-60s.

The product recalled is “Smoked fillet trout of Louros river” (in Greek: “Καπνιστή Πέστροφα φιλέτο πηγών Λούρου”), with best before date 14/06/2014, in plastic vacuum packages, which is produced by the company “SMOKED FISH – Ε. TSIALOS & EPE (in Greek: ”SMOKED FISH – Ε.ΤΣΙΑΛΙΟΣ & ΣΙΑ Ε.Ε.”) situated in the 29th km of the Ioannina-Athens National Road.