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Hong Kong – Salmonella outbreak affects more than 200 in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong health officials continue their investigation into a apparent Salmonella outbreak linked to sandwiches.

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reports identifying a total of 89 clusters of suspected food poisonings affecting 215 persons. Among them, stool specimens of six affected persons and one food remnant sample tested positive for Group D Salmonella.

All affected persons are now in stable condition.

Officials suspect the sandwiches were produced by an unlicensed food factory in Hong Kong. No specific ingredients have been implicated.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause foodborne illness in a person who eats a food item contaminated with it. Symptoms of infection may include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. The illness primarily impacts young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Most healthy adults and children rarely become seriously ill after exposure to Salmonella.

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Israel – Cold Cheese Strip Cake with Berries – Recall – Listeria monocyotgenes

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Public Announcement on Behalf of “Marzipan Pastry Shop Ltd.”:
Marzipan Pastry Shop Ltd. wishes to inform its customers that the following sampling by the Food Service – Jerusalem District, listeria monocytogenes bacteria were found in the product: “Cold Cheese Strip Cake with Berries” in a clear plastic package, expiration date: 16/9/20.
Consumers are urged not to consume this product and return it to the factory store at 44 Agrippas Street, Jerusalem or call 02-5852184.
Listeria monocytogenes bacteria may cause illness in high-risk populations such as the
immunosuppressed and the elderly and may induce miscarriage in pregnant women.
The Company is taking action to recall the product from shelves in coordination with the Food Service in the Ministry of Health.

Click to access RCL_07062020_01_EN.pdf

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Denmark – Risk of Listeria in ready-to-eat products from Catering Denmark

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Foedevarestyrelsen

Catering Denmark recalls several ready-to-eat products sold at COOP, due to discoveries by Listeria under the company’s own control.

Recalled Foods , Published: June 8, 2020

What food:

Pasta salad with chicken / curry

EAN: 5700380292112

Last date of use: All dates

Pasta salad with chicken / pesto

EAN: 5700384488443

Last date of use: All dates

Pasta salad with romesco

EAN: 5700380263624

Last date of use: All dates

Baguette with chicken / bacon

EAN: 5700383061975

Last date of use: All dates

Baguette with ham / cheese

EAN: 5700381293354

Last date of use: All dates

Baguette with falafel

EAN: 5700383445263

Last date of use: All dates

Sandwich with coleslaw / BBQ

EAN: 5700380543504

Last date of use: All dates

Sandwich with ham / cheese

EAN: 5700381845287

Last date of use: All dates

Sandwich with chicken / curry

EAN: 5700383032449

Last date of use: All dates

Sandwich with ham / cheese

EAN: 5700380308363

Last date of use: All dates

Sandwich with spicy tuna

EAN: 5700382536870

Last date of use: All dates

Sandwich club

EAN: 5700381402190

Last date of use: All dates

Sandwich with ham / cheese

EAN: 5700382071302

Last date of use: All dates

Sandwich with spicy tuna

EAN: 5700382402229

Last date of use: All dates

Sandwich Club

EAN: 5700382381319

Last date of use: All dates

Wrap with chicken / chipotle

EAN: 5700382317394

Last date of use: All dates

Wrap with chicken / curry

EAN: 5700384615474

Last date of use: All dates

Wrap with tandoori

EAN: 5700383420185

Last date of use: All dates

Sold at:

COOP stores across the country

Business that revokes:

Catering Denmark

Cause:

Self-control has shown that there is a risk of Listeria in the products

Risk:

Infection with listeria bacteria, where the symptoms may include flu-like symptoms, fever and headaches and, in rare cases, gastrointestinal problems.

Consumer Advice:

The Food Agency advises consumers to return the product to the store where it was purchased or to discard it.

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France – Product recall: Liver pâté superior to the VPF ladle approx. 3.8 kg of Vigneau de Licques brand – Listeria monocytogenes

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Oulah

ENCOUNTERED PROBLEM

Presence of Listeria monocytogene

PROPOSED SOLUTION

People who hold this product are asked not to consume it and to return it to the point of sale where it was purchased for reimbursement.

People who have consumed this product and who have a fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, are invited to consult their doctor by reporting this consumption.
Pregnant women should be especially attentive to these symptoms, as well as the immunocompromised and the elderly. These symptoms may suggest listeriosis, a disease which can be serious and which can take up to eight weeks to incubate.

FURTHER INFORMATION

▸ Lot
141

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Terrine presentation approx. 3.8KG (sale in the delicatessen section)

▸ DLC (on the whole terrine)
• 16/06/2020
• 17/06/2020
• 18/06/2020
• 19/06/2020
• 22/06/2020
• 23/06/2020

▸ Sale
The product LIVER PASTE SUPERIOR TO THE LADLE VPF in terrine approx. 3.8KG was sold to the “charcuterie coupe” department between 05/26/2020 and 05/06/2020.

▸ Contact customer service
La Liane Charcuterie is at the disposal of consumers to answer their questions on the telephone number: 03 21 88 34 03 (Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm), in case of emergency 07 85 33 46 03 (weekends and holidays).

▸ Source
https://www.carrefour.fr/

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RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Pasturised Liquid Egg White – Gluten – Frozen Turkey Breast -Halva with Psitachios – Chilled Chicken Meat – Chilled Chicken Breast – Cure Sausages- Smoked Duck Sausages – Pork Trimmings

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RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in pasteurized liquid egg white from the Netherlands in Denmark

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in gluten from Belgium in Belgium

RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in frozen turkey breasts from Poland in Italy

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in halva with pistachios from Syria in Cyprus

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in chilled chicken meat from Poland in Poland

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Infantis (in 2 out of 5 samples /25g) in chilled chicken breasts from Poland in the Czech Republic

RASFF – Salmonella in cured sausages from the Netherlands, with raw material from Spain in the Netherlands

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (presence /25g) in frozen chicken meat from chickens reared in the Czech Republic and slaughtered in Poland in Poland

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in smoked duck sausages from France in France

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium monophasic (1 ,4, [5], 12:i:-) (present /25g) in chilled pork trimmings from Germany in Estonia

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RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Shelled Peanuts – Pistachios – Organic Peanut Kernels – Groundnuts – Whole Dried Chillies – Shelled Hazlenuts

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RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 69; Tot. = 76 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled peanuts from the United States in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 35.6; Tot. = 39.8 / B1 = 70.3; Tot. = 74.7 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios in shell from the United States, dispatched from Turkey in Bulgaria

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 21; Tot. = 24 µg/kg – ppb) in organic peanut kernels from China in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 88.5; Tot. = 102.5 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from Iran, dispatched from Turkey in Italy

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 6.8; Tot. = 7.5) in groundnuts in shell from China in the UK

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 9.9 µg/kg – ppb) in dried whole chillies from India in the UK

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 7.9 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled hazelnuts from Georgia in Italy

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RASFF Alerts Listeria monocytogenes – Organic Mortadella – Frozen Salmon Fillets

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RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (< 10 CFU/g) in chilled organic mortadellla from Italy in France

RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (<100 CFU/g) in frozen smoked salmons fillets from Serbia, with raw material from Norway in Croatia

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RASFF Alert – Moulds – Bread

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RASFF – bread from Poland infested with moulds in Denmark

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RASFF Alert – Animal Feed – Enterobacteriaceae – Fish Meal

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RASFF – high count of Enterobacteriaceae (up to 340 CFU/g) in fish meal from Mauritania in Spain

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RASFF Alert – Animal Feed -Salmonella – Dog Chews

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RASFF – Salmonella (in 3 out of 5 samples /25g) in dog chews from Brazil in Germany

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Hong Kong – Salmonella outbreak affects more than 200 in Hong Kong

Israel – Cold Cheese Strip Cake with Berries – Recall – Listeria monocyotgenes

Denmark – Risk of Listeria in ready-to-eat products from Catering Denmark