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The COVID‐19 pandemic has ushered in a new era of food safety. To date, there is no evidence to suggest that consuming food is associated with COVID‐19. Nevertheless, COVID‐19’s impact on food safety and security has been grave. The world is currently experiencing several supply chain issues as a direct result of extensive lockdowns and impacts on essential workers’ safety. However, disruption in the food supply, while catastrophic in nature, has created opportunities for the advancement of medical science, data processing, security monitoring, foodborne pathogen detection, and food safety technology. This article will discuss the key components for food safety during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The discussion will draw from lessons learned early in the outbreak and will analyze the etiology of the disease through a food safety perspective. From there, we will discuss personal protective equipment, detection of SARS‐CoV‐2, useful surrogates to study SARS‐CoV‐2, and the expanding field of data science, from the food safety point of view. In the future, scientists can apply the knowledge to the containment of COVID‐19 and eventually to future pandemics.

AFSCA

Update 12/17/2020
Colruyt Group recalled
Product: Organic minced pork (400g) and organic Chipolata 280g from the Colruyt brand.
Problem: Possible presence of Salmonella.
During microbiological checks at the supplier, the presence of Salmonella was observed in 2 products:

• Organic minced pork 400 g bearing the expiration dates (DLC) 18/12/2020 and 20/12/2020
• Organic Chipolata 280 g bearing the expiration dates (DLC) 18/12/2020 and 20/12/2020

In consultation with the AFSCA, Colruyt has therefore decided to withdraw the product concerned from sale.

Customers who have purchased this product are advised not to consume it and to bring it back to the store, where they will be reimbursed. In the meantime, all stores have removed the affected products from the shelves.

Product description:

Organic minced pork 400 g Use-by
date (Best before date): 18/12/2020 and 20/12/2020
Item number: 17968
Sales period: from 9/12/2020 to 15/12 / 2020 included

Organic Chipolata 280 g Use-by
dates (BBD): 18/12/2020 and 20/12/2020
Sales period: from 9/12/2020 to 17/12/2020 inclusive
Item number: 17959

These products have been offered for sale in Colruyt stores in Belgium.

For more information , customers can contact Colruyt Group Customer Service on 0800 99 124 .

Possible symptoms of Salmonella poisoning

Possible symptoms of Salmonella poisoning are fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. These symptoms usually appear within 12 to 48 hours of ingestion.

Symptoms usually last 4-7 days, and most people recover without specific treatment. Young children, pregnant women, the immunocompromised and the elderly are among the groups at risk. In these people, the symptoms can be severe enough to require hospitalization.

People who have consumed this product and who present this type of symptoms are invited to consult their doctor, notifying him of this consumption.

New Indian Express

One person died and 16 others fainted due to diarrhoea and vomiting at Veerubhotla Palli in Kaluvoya mandal of Nellore district on Saturday afternoon. Condition of two of them was reported to be critical. The deceased was identified as Govind Munda (47) from North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal.

The 16 other farmhands hospitalised were also from West Bengal and came to Nellore for paddy transplantation. They temporarily migrate to Nellore for farm work every year. DM&HO Dr S Rajyalakshmi suspected food poisoning as the reason for the illness.

“The migrant workers consumed the food they prepared three days back at their home in West Bengal even after reaching Nellore. They also had egg biryani while travelling in the train,” she said while expressing her suspicion of food poisoning being a reason for their condition. Further, she said they consumed water from a borewell, left unused by the locals for a longtime.

Gazette Live

The families of two people whose deaths were linked to a salmonella outbreak are hoping an inquest will provide them with answers they have longed for.

Sandra Blake and Stewart Graham died in February 2018.

Sandra’s husband, Heath, also fell ill on the same day as his wife with similar symptoms but survived.

Tests later confirmed that all three had salmonella.

Public Health England said there were 19 confirmed cases of salmonella and three suspected cases in East Durham and Hartlepool in early 2018.

An inquest into Sandra’s and Stewart’s deaths is due to take place at Teesside Coroner’s Court in Middlesbrough, on Wednesday.

Husband and wife Heath and Sandra Blake, from Blackhall Colliery, both began feeling unwell on February 11, 2018, with symptoms including sickness and diarrhoea.

The 68-year-old was admitted to North Tees Hospital on 14 February and died two weeks later.

Following tests it was revealed that the couple, who have two daughters, had salmonella.