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RASFF Alert- E.coli – Raw Milk Cheese

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RASFF-high count of Escherichia coli (>1500000 CFU/g) in raw milk cheese from France in France

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RASFF Alert – Campylobacter – Chicken Breasts

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RASFF-Campylobacter coli (49000 CFU/g) in chilled chicken breasts from France in Denmark

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RASFF Alert – Bacillus cereus – Ground Ginger

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RASFF-Bacillus cereus (>100000 CFU/g) in ground ginger from Spain in France

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RASFF Alerts – Moulds – Groundnuts

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RASFF-groundnuts from Bolivia infested with moulds in the Netherlands

RASFF-groundnut kernels from Argentina infested with moulds in Cyprus

RASFF-groundnut kernels from Argentina infested with moulds  in Cyprus

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RASFF Alert – Enterobacteriaceae – Grated Walnuts

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RASFF-particles (parts of the shell) and high count of Enterobacteriaceae (72000 CFU/g) in grated walnuts from Austria, with raw material from Germany and Romania in Austria

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RASFF Alert – Listeria monocytogenes – Pigs Ears

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RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (>3000 CFU/g) in chilled boiled smoked vacuum-packed pig’s ears from Lithuania in the UK

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (presence /25g) in cow’s cheese in Romania

 

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RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Aflatoxin – Groundnuts

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RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 152 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled groundnuts from Sudan in the UK

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 87 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from the United States in the Netherlands

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RASFF Alerts – Animal Feed – Salmonella – Sunflower Seed – Sunflower Cake

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RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in sunflower seed meal from Hungary in Croatia

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in organic sunflower cake from Italy in Austria

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Australia – Australian Rockmelon Listeria Outbreak: 19 Sick with 5 Dead

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As of today, a total of nineteen people have been affected by the Australian Listeria outbreak linked to contaminated rockmelon, in New South Wales (6), Victoria (8), Queensland (4) and Tasmania (1). There are three fatalities in Victoria and two in New South Wales have also died from eating the tainted fruit.Through the use of state of the art genetic sequencing technology the outbreak was narrowed from thousands of possible sources to a grower in Nericon, Rombola Family Farms.

People who are most vulnerable to Listeria infection (such as older persons, and people who have weakened immune systems due to illness or pregnancy) are advised to discard all rockmelon purchased before March 1, 2018.

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USA – Salmonella outbreak linked to kratom: More strains included in investigation

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Forty-seven more ill people have been reported and 8 more states (Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada, Texas, and West Virginia) are included in this outbreak, bringing the total to 87 sick people from 35 states.

Twenty seven people required hospitalization for their illness. No deaths have been reported.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also expanded the investigation to include outbreak strains from three additional serotypes of Salmonella: Salmonella Javiana, Salmonella Okatie, and Salmonella Thompson, in addition to Salmonella I 4,[5],12:b:- .

Epidemiologic and laboratory evidence indicates that kratom is the likely source of this multistate outbreak. No common brands or suppliers of kratom products have been identified at this time.

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