Fresh analysis by Sustain published today flags food safety fears for future UK trade deals.Figures suggest that the percentage of people who fall ill with food poisoning annually is ten times higher in the US than the UK. Sustain fears treating increased food poisoning could increase deaths from food poisoning and cost the NHS and UK economy at least £1bn extra per year.
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Extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) are enzymes that are now becoming major sources of resistance to β-lactamase antibiotics more especially in enteric bacteria such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. Increase in the frequency of the β-lactam resistance in bacteria has become a serious threat for treating bacterial infections caused by enterobacteriaceae. This study aims to determine the prevalence of ESBLs producers among enteric Gram negative bacteria isolated from patients in OAUTHC, Ile-Ife, Osun State. The subject used in this study involved patients presenting with evidence of hospital infections. The collected sputum specimens were processed for the isolation and identification of Gram negative bacilli. Resistance of the isolates to different antibiotics tested was determined using the standard disc diffusion method of Kirby-Bauer. Phenotypic and confirmatory test of the isolates were done for ESBL production using double disc synergy test (DDST) on Mueller Hinton agar according to CLSI 2013 guidelines. Results reveal that the highest occurrence of bacteria was recovered in Klebsiella species (35%), followed by Enterobacter sp. (13%), P. aeruginosa (10%), Escherichia coli and Salmonella sp. (7%) while the least occurs in Proteus sp. All the isolates were 100% resistance to class piperacillin, 76.6% to beta-lactamase inhibitor and 52% resistance to cephalosporins while they were susceptible to carbapenems, nitrofurans, and fluoroquinolones. The prevalence of ESBLs producing isolates was 51.1% while non-ESBL producing strains were 48.8%. Therefore, it can be concluded that extended spectrum beta lactamases are gradually increasing in Nigeria with co-resistance to some other classes of antibiotics which is very alarming. There is a limited number of drugs sensitivity for these bacteria and the drug of choice is imipenem, ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin.
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The Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (WCDPHE) is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella illness at Aims Community College. This illness may be associated with catered events held at Aims on February 9 and February 13, 2018. The February 9 event has 1confirmed Salmonella case that had about 70 people attend. The February 13 event has 2 confirmed cases that was attended by 400 people. Of the 8 confirmed Salmonella cases, 6 adults reside in Weld County, 1 in Larimer, and 1 in Boulder county. The events were catered by an outside restaurant, the Burrito Delight, located in Fort Lupton. The public is not at risk and the restaurant is now closed for the duration of the investigation.
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The Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School in Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja, has been shut after two students of the school died late Tuesday of suspected food poisoning.
The Chairman of Bwari Area Council, Alhaji Musa Dikko, wednesday announced the closure of the school until February 25.
There was pandemonium yesterday at LEA Primary School as parents and guardians besieged the school to withdraw their wards.
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PORT ELIZABETH – Patient transport vehicles were on Wednesday dispatched to Ndamase Senior Secondary School outside Ngqeleni in the Eastern Cape following reports of food poisoning affecting 250 hostel pupils.
Eastern Cape department of health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the first group of patients were on Wednesday night treated at Mthatha Regional Hospital.
Kupelo said that Mthatha Regional Hospital and Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital were already full and pupils were now being transported to St Barnabas Hopital in Libode.
He said some presented symptoms which included stomach cramps, vomiting and headaches.
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RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 25.4; Tot. = 29.5 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios in the shell from Iran in Germany
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 18.5; Tot. = 19.6 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios in the shell from Iran in Germany
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 5.3; Tot. = 19 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnuts shelled from Azerbaijan in Denmark
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 15.7; Tot. = 16.4 µg/kg – ppb) in spice mix for chicken tikka from Pakistan in Ireland
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 6.8; Tot. = 7.4 µg/kg – ppb) in spice mixture from Pakistan in Ireland
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 37.5; Tot. = 61.9 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Azerbaijan, via Georgia in Poland
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 25.6; Tot. = 28.7 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts in shell from Egypt in Italy
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 4.0; Tot. = 17.0 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Turkey in the UK
RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 9.8; Tot. = 12.2 / B1 = 102; Tot. = 119 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled groundnuts from China in Spain
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RASFF-shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (stx2+, eae- /25g) in chilled beef from Uruguay in Germany
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RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (9600 CFU/g) in chilled vacuum-packed beef from Argentina in Germany
RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (<10 CFU/g) in chilled cooked ham from France in France
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RASFF-foodborne outbreak (scombroid syndrom) caused by histamine (690 mg/kg – ppm) in defrosted marlin fillets (Makaira indica) from Spain in Italy
RASFF-histamine (208 mg/kg – ppm) in chilled tuna loins from Sri Lanka in France
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RASFF-high count of Escherichia coli (80 CFU/g) in organic goat´s kefir from Greece in the UK
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