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Malay Mail

Food Safety News 

This is very interesting considering the number of RASFF Alerts on Raw Meats coming from Brazil to Europe that have Salmonella present.

Brazilian police made new arrests this week in an investigation into a meat scandal that erupted last year. This time the target of “Operation Weak Flesh” is laboratories accused of covering up salmonella in products from food giant BRF SA, also known as Brazil Foods.

“The investigation showed that five laboratories and the company’s analysis departments falsified results” shown to health inspectors, federal police said in a statement reported by New Vision news.

Brazilian Agriculture Ministry representative Alexandre Campos da Silva said the department received 410 notifications of salmonella presence from 12 countries that imported the meat in question last year, 80 percent of which were in the EU.

CDC 

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The Hans India

Kakinada (East Godavari district):  A 16-year-old girl, Nalla Pandu of Ramavaram village near Jaggampeta in the district, died of food poisoning on Wednesday. She succumbed while undergoing treatment at the Government General Hospital here.

About 35 people who had a breakfast with chutney at a hotel in Ramavaram village fell sick with vomiting and loose motions. Of them, five persons, including Nalla Pandu, whose condition was serious, were admitted to Government General Hospital here on Tuesday evening.

FDA 

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Redbarn Pet Products, LLC of Long Beach, CA is expanding their voluntarily recall initially issued on February 9th. The recall expanded to include all lots of product manufactured with raw material from a single supplier because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall is limited to products distributed March 2017 through February 2018. This supplier’s raw material was used to produce the Redbarn, Chewy Louie, Dentley’s and Good Lovin’ brand products listed below with best-buy dates ending in BC. In total, 24 SKUs are affected.

Salmonella can affect animals eating the products, and there is a risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any surfaces exposed to these products. No illnesses, injuries or complaints have been reported to date.

Food Poisoning Journal

Up to March 6, an additional seven cases of listeriosis have been linked to the outbreak, including four deaths. Cases are from NSW (6), Victoria (6), Queensland (4) and Tasmania (1).

In January 2018 NSW Health commenced investigating an increase in listeriosis notifications, around four times the expected rate. Notifications were received from rural and metropolitan public health units, affecting elderly people. Most of the affected people had consumed a number of high risk foods during their incubation period. NSW Health commenced working with the NSW Food Authority and specialist microbiology laboratories to identify any linkages between the cases.

All Africa

South Africa: Listeriosis – Motsoaledi Offers to Help Victims Litigate, As MPs Argue Over Blame

All Africa

South Africa: EFF Asks ‘Fighters’ to Remove All Listeriosis-Linked Products From Shelves

All Africa

Namibia: Retailers Scramble to Mitigate Listeria Outbreak

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Southern Africa: Malawi Advises Its People to Steer Clear of Any South Africa Meat Products Over Food Poisoning

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South Africa: Listeriosis Scare – Shoprite, Checkers Offer Full Refund On Some Enterprise, Rainbow Products

FSA 

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FSAI

Message:

Brady’s Quality Foods is recalling the above batch of Brady’s Potato Salad due to the detection of Listeria monocytogenes.  Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores that sold the implicated batch.