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FSIS USDA 

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2018 – Olli Salumeria Americana, an Oceanside, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 3,946 pounds of ready-to-eat meat products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The not heat treated, shelf stable, ready-to-eat meat items were packaged on January 19, 2018. The following products are subject to recall: [View Labels (PDF only)]

• 6 oz. packages of “Gusto NAPOLI APPLEWOOD-SMOKED SALAME” containing lot code 1000012821.
• 6 oz. packages of “Gusto CHORIZO SMOKED PAPRIKA” containing lot code 1000012812.
• 6 oz. packages of “Gusto SOPRESSATA BLACK PEPPERCORN SALAME” containing lot code 1000012811.
• 6 oz. packages of “Gusto TOSCANO FENNEL POLLEN SALAME” containing lot code 1000012805.
• 6 oz. packages of “Gusto PEPPERONI CLASSICALLY AMERICAN” containing lot code 1000012804.
• 175 gram packages of “OLLI MOLISANA PEPPER + GARLIC SALAMI” containing lot code 1000012808.
• 175 gram packages of “OLLI NAPOLI APPLEWOOD-SMOKED SALAMI” containing lot code 1000012810.
• 175 gram packages of “OLLI CALABRESE SPICY SALAMI” containing lot code 1000012807.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “M-45334” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide and exported to Canada.

The problem was discovered when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) performed routine Listeria monocytogenes sampling. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products.

Barf Blog 

Add the popular classroom pet, the guinea pig, to the list of kid-infecting-pathogen-factories with chicks, turtles, hedgehogs and puppies.

CDC reports today that whole genome sequencing has linked 9 cases of Salmonella Enteriditis to the furry rodents.

CDC began investigating in December 2017 when CDC PulseNet identified a cluster of three Salmonella Enteritidis infections that whole genome sequencing showed were closely related genetically.

A review of the PulseNet database identified six more closely related illnesses dating back to 2015. These illnesses were added to the outbreak case count. Nine people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis have been reported from eight states.Illnesses started on dates ranging from July 17, 2015 to December 15, 2017.
One person was hospitalized, and no deaths were reported.

Barf Blog

A surveillance has been carried out by mandatory reporting (DO) since November 2005, with the objective of detecting clustered cases in order to quickly take control measures, and estimating reporting incidence rates. The results of the analysis of cases reported during the first ten years of surveillance (2006-2015) are presented.

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Petful

Maker: Raw Basics, LLC
Cause: Potential for salmonella
Announcement: FDA report dated March 6, 2018
What was recalled: 5 lb. boxes of Tucker’s Pork-Bison Formula raw frozen dog food with UPC #072635520017, Lot #27717 and best by date of April 17, 2019

A single lot (540 pounds) of this raw frozen dog food is being recalled following a positive test for salmonella by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. The affected products were distributed in Minnesota, Georgia, Kansas and Pennsylvania.

The company, Raw Basics, LLC of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, says it “tests all batches of products for all pathogens in a hold and release program before releasing for shipping.”

This is the 14th brand of dog food to be recalled so far this year, a dizzyingly high number for a period of just over 2 months’ time.

WDG Public Health

Submitted on March 5, 2018

Fin24

Cape Town – Retail companies wasted very little time on Monday pulling Enterprise Foods’ polony and vienna products from the shelves following parent company Tiger Brands’ recall of the products in an effort to contain the public’s risk to listeriosis.

Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Sunday that the source of the latest outbreak of listeriosis was traced back to an Enterprise Foods facility in Polokwane Limpopo Province.

Woolworths acknowledged to Fin24 that Enterprise Food supplies meats for the products it was recalling, necessitating that some of the house brand products be pulled from the shelves or taken back for a refund.

Journal Du Cameroun

Botswana on Monday recalled food from its supermarkets that were imported from a bologna-making factory in the South African city of Polokwane after reports surfaced that it is the source of the deadly listeriosis outbreak in the neighbouring country.The disease has so far killed more 180 people and affected 915 others in South Africa.

Botswana’s Ministry of Health spokesperson Doreen Motshegwa said the main source of listeriosis outbreak in South Africa has been traced to Enterprise Food Production Factory and Rainbow Chicken Limited.

She said the affected items include sausages and other products from both factories.

“The Ministry of Health and Wellness also confirms that some of these products are imported from South Africa and are also part of the local distribution and retail supply chain,” said Motshegwa.

Barf Blog

Brazilian police made new arrests Monday in a probe into a tainted meat scandal that first erupted last year — this time targeting laboratories accused of covering up salmonella in products from food giant BRF.

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

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 per cent of which were in the EU.

Monday’s operation — the third since the scandal was uncovered — involved 270 police officers and 21 health agents across five Brazilian states.

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