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USA -Butcher’s Pride Corned Beef and Pastrami Recalled For Listeria monocytogenes

Food Poisoning Bulletin

Nossack Fine Meats is recalling Butcher’s Pride Corned Beef and Pastrami in Canada for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not eat, and distributors, retailers, and food service establishments shouldn’t to serve or sell these recalled products. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

The recalled items are Butcher’s Pride Corned Beef, sold in variable sizes with no UPC number. The code on the product is BEST BEFORE 2019NO27. The second recalled product is Butcher’s Pride Pastrami, also sold in variable sizes. There is no UPC number on the product. The code on the package is BEST BEFORE 2019NO27. These products were sold in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and possibly nationally.

The recall was triggered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) test results. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation which may lead to the recall of other products. The government is ensuring that industry is removing the recalled products from the marketplace.

UK – Girl, 4, nearly dies after contracting E.coli following trip to zoo

Herald Publicist

Isla Grainger, 4, needed to be put into an induced coma in intensive care after an E.coli bug an infection induced her kidneys to fail.

She received so sick after visiting Tapnell Farm, in Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight, together with her household that her mum Lauren Aspery, 21, described her situation as a ‘matter of life and death’.

Public Well being England mentioned its investigation into the supply of the an infection is ongoing.

UK – Pregnant mum falls ill with Salmonella at hotel where girl, 2, ‘got E.Coli’ poisoning and later died

The Sun

A PREGNANT mum was struck down with salmonella at the same hotel where a tragic tot is said to have caught E. Coli and later died.

Emma Broadhurst was six months pregnant when she flew out to the Crystal Sunset Luxury Resort and Spa, in Antayla, Turkey, for a week’s holiday with pals at the start of September.

 

Canada -Updated Food Recall Warning – Various raw beef and raw veal products recalled due to E. coli O157:H7

CFIA

Recall details

Ottawa, October 15, 2019 – The food recall warning issued on October 12, 2019 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Industry is recalling various raw beef and raw veal products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described below.

The following products have been sold as indicated in the link above.

Ongoing investigation

See complete list of recalled products associated with this ongoing investigation.

Sweden -71 now sick from Salmonella in Sweden linked to tomatoes

Barf Blog

Outbreak News Today reports Swedish health authorities, or Folkhalsomyndigheten are reporting 17 additional Salmonella Typhimurium cases in the current outbreak, bringing the total outbreak cases to 71 since August.

The Swedish National Food Agency and the Public Health Agency continue to investigate the outbreak to identify the source of the infection. The investigation shows that small tomatoes are the likely source of the outbreak. The tomatoes are no longer left in grocery stores, the outbreak has subsided and the risk of being infected is very small.

 

Research – Effect of mycotoxins on gut development

All About Feed

Mycotoxins are defined as secondary fungal metabolites, toxic to humans and animals. Worldwide, mycotoxins have a significant impact on human and animal health, economies and international trade, making feed contamination by mycotoxins an area of great concern. However, how do mycotoxins relate to the immune system? In literature, there are several reports of mycotoxins negatively effecting it.

Animal immune systems are modulated during early life due to stimulus given through diet, microbiota colonisation and gastrointestinal mucosa. To what degree, and how, can mycotoxin exposure during early life modulate the immune system of young animals?

Research – Raw Milk – Study upholds age-old belief that drinking raw milk is bad

IB Times

Some may disagree!

People these days are giving up the idea of pasteurization – the heating process used to kill harmful bacteria in milk – as it reduces several vitamins and “good” bacteria in the drink, and advocating for “raw” milk as unpasteurized milk can “heal the gut”, boost the immune system, prevent allergies, give an individual healthier skin and even contribute to bodybuilding.

Several reports in the media have created a growing demand for raw milk, but scientific evidence suggests that going for unpasteurized milk can even be more harmful as drinking raw milk comes with the risk of contracting serious and potentially lethal infections.

According to the Centre for Disease Control, at least 144 outbreaks of illness have been reportedly linked to raw milk consumption in the US between 2007 and 2016.

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) last year advised pregnant women, infants and small children, elderly people and people with compromised immune systems such as cancer patients not to consume raw milk.

Iceland – Recall Of Chickens Due To Salmonella Poisoning In Effect

Grapevine

 

Due to the suspected presence of salmonella in select lots of chicken, a recall is in effect for certain brands, Skessuhorn reports.

All of the chickens in question have come from Reykjagarður, and are sold under the brand names Holta, Kjörfugl and Krónan. The distribution of chicken has been temporarily halted, and a recall is in effect.

The recall itself is very specific: it does not apply to all chickens from these companies, but rather those bearing the lot numbers 001-19-36-3-02 and 001-19-37-3-17 that have a packing date of October 9th and 10th and October 11th, respectively. This applies not just to whole chickens, but also parts such as breasts, thighs and wings.

Consumers who have already bought these chickens are advised to return these products to the store from which they were purchased.

USA – CDC report highlights Norovirus, Salmonella and restaurants as key

New Food Magazine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) annual Foodborne Disease Outbreak Report, published in September 2019, has provided data on the 841 foodborne disease outbreaks that occurred throughout the US in 2017, resulting in 14,481 illnesses, 827 hospitalisations, 20 deaths, and 14 food recalls. The statistics provided some eye-opening information, particularly with regards to Salmonella, the Norovirus, and restaurants.

Although Listeria was a key focus of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “swabathons” in 2017, and there was a major E. coli leafy greens outbreak, the two most frequently reported confirmed causes of outbreaks and associated illnesses that year were actually Norovirus and Salmonella.

Norovirus was the cause of:

  • 140 outbreaks, 35 percent of confirmed single-pathogen outbreaks
  • 4,092 illnesses, 46 percent of confirmed single-pathogen illnesses
  • 40 hospitalisations, six percent of confirmed single-pathogen, outbreak-related hospitalisations
  • Four deaths, 20 percent of outbreak-related deaths.

Salmonella was the cause of:

  • 113 outbreaks, 29 percent of confirmed single-pathogen outbreaks
  • 3,007 illnesses, 34 percent of confirmed single-pathogen illnesses
  • 472 hospitalisations, 66 percent of confirmed single-pathogen, outbreak-related hospitalisations
  • Eight deaths, 40 percent of outbreak-related deaths.

USA -Brother’s Produce in NJ Employee Diagnosed with Hepatitis A

Food Poisoning Bulletin

The New Jersey Department of Health is working with the Paterson Department of Health to notify people about a confirmed case of hepatitis A in a food handler employed at Brother’s Produce in Paterson. That business is located at 327 East Railway Avenue in Paterson, New Jersey 07503. That person worked there between September 30 and October 5, 2019.