RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (presence) in camembert cheese from France in the Netherlands
RASFF – Listeria (present /25g) in chilled cooked meatballs (knacks) from Belgium, with raw material from Germany in Belgium
RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (50 CFU/g) in chilled pork salami (sopressata) from Italy in France
RASFF – foodborne outbreak suspected (norovirus) to be caused by live oysters from France in the Netherlands
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RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in minced beef steak from Italy in France
RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in chilled poultry meat from Poland in Romania
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (present /25g) in fresh chicken livers from Poland in Lithuania
RASFF – Salmonella in chili powder from India in Spain
RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in frozen marinated chicken legs from Poland in France
RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from India in Cyprus
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Mikawasima (presence /25g) in organic little gem lettuce from Spain in Norway
RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Javiana (presence /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Poona (presence /25g) in black pepper from Brazil in Germany
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These people got sick with infections that came from food or animal contact. Watch or read their stories to learn how they got sick and what they’re doing now to stay safe.
CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases has produced a new video series, “Was It Something I Ate?,” which presents stories of people who developed serious enteric (intestinal) infections from food or animal contact.
The stories are from families with children who developed Salmonella infection from eating contaminated chicken or contact with backyard poultry, and from a CDC veterinarian who investigated an outbreak linked to working with farm animals.
We hope these stories will highlight the importance of preventing infections from food or animal contact through efforts by industry, government, and the public.
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According to the CDC today, 371 of 3,035 passengers and 32 of 1,161 crew have been sickened, 12,2 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively.
Officials say the causative agent remains unknown to date.
Norovirus is a highly contagious viral illness that often goes by other names, such as viral gastroenteritis, stomach flu, and food poisoning.
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A food worker at Papa John’s Pizza at 906 Goodman Road in Horn Lake, Mississippi has been diagnosed with hepatitis A. according to a news release by the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDA). That person worked at the restaurant while infectious from January 28, 2020 to February 11, 2020.
That means that anyone who ate or drank at that restaurant or who received a pizza delivery during that time frame may have been exposed to the virus. Unfortunately, it’s too late for a vaccine for anyone who was there before February 5, 2020, because the vaccine is only effective if given within 14 days of exposure.
Those people should monitor their health for the symptoms of hepatitis A and see a doctor if the symptoms appear. Symptoms of hepatitis A include fever, jaundice yellowing of the skin and eyes), abdominal pain, dark urine, clay colored stools, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, and loss of appetite.
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Central District Health offering free vaccine to impacted patrons and employees
A case of hepatitis A has been confirmed in a food service employee who worked while contagious at the Black Bear Diner, located at 7530 State Street in Boise. The employee worked only at the northwest Boise location, which is under separate ownership from the south Boise location, which shares the same name.
Hepatitis A is a virus that affects the liver and can make people sick for a number of weeks. To-date, the food service worker is the only hepatitis A case in Idaho associated with this restaurant.
The risk of becoming infected with hepatitis A through an infected food service worker is low. However, CDH encourages anyone with incomplete or unknown hepatitis A vaccine status who ate at the Black Bear Diner located off of State Street on a date listed below to consider getting vaccinated.
John West has taken the precautionary step of recalling Sardines in Tomato Sauce due to suspected bacterial contamination that has resulted in a small number of swollen cans. This may make the product unsafe to eat.
| Pack size | 120g |
| Batch code | KX319H |
| Best before | June 2022 |
| Batch code | KX326H |
| Best before | June 2022 |
The presence of suspected bacterial contamination in the product may make the product unsafe to eat.
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A Pizza Hut store requested a medical certificate from a customer who claimed he got food poisoning after eating there.
Māngere resident Paul Vee ordered a roast chicken and herb pizza, and a meaty italian pizza at the Pizza Hut store in Ōtāhuhu’s Bairds Rd on February 14.
But after a couple of hours, he said he and his flatmates started getting stomach cramps. Vee claimed they hadn’t eaten anything else that day.
“I knew straight away it was the pizza. So I lodged a complaint the next day,” he said.
My View
This is interesting but as we all know quite often food poisoning doesn’t only happen a few hours after eating a particular food. Without knowing the causative agent it may prove difficult to check where or what the cause of the illness was. It is not quite as simple as the last thing you ate!
