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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reporting two laboratory-confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease among Illinois Veterans’ Home residents.  Both residents are at the Illinois Veterans Home Quincy (IVHQ) and are doing well.

FDA

The U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes the Food Code, a model that assists food control jurisdictions at all levels of government by providing them with a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for regulating the retail and food service segment of the industry (restaurants and grocery stores and institutions such as nursing homes). Local, state, tribal, and federal regulators use the FDA Food Code as a model to develop or update their own food safety rules and to be consistent with national food regulatory policy.

Between 1993 and 2001, the Food Code was issued in its current format, every two years. With the support of the Conference for Food Protection (CFP), FDA decided to move to a four-year interval between complete Food Code editions. During the interim period between full editions, FDA may publish a Food Code Supplement that updates, modifies, or clarifies certain provisions. The 2005 Food Code was the first full edition published on the new four-year interval, and it was followed by the Supplement to the 2005 Food Code, which was published in 2007. The 2017 Food Code is the most recent full edition published by FDA.

RASFF-ochratoxin A (29.60 µg/kg – ppb) in raisins from Turkey in Poland

RASFF-ochratoxin A (21.67 µg/kg – ppb) in raisins from Turkey in Poland

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen chicken meat preparation from Thailand in the Netherlands

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen salted chicken half breasts from Brazil in the UK

RASFF-Salmonella (present /25g) in chilled poultry sausages from Belgium in Belgium

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen chicken from France in France

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in wihitish sesame seeds from Sudan in Poland

RASFF-Salmonella group D (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in sweet basil from Thailand in Denmark

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Reading (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from Sudan in Greece

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen salted chicken half breasts from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen salted chicken half breasts from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen salted chicken half breasts from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF-Salmonella (present /25g) in frozen salted chicken half breasts from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 73.8; Tot. = 114.1 / B1 = 63.1; Tot. = 97.8 / B1 = 84.4; Tot. = 130.3 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels shelled from Azerbaijan in Lithuania

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 12; Tot. = 13 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted salted pistachios from Germany in Belgium

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 18.7; Tot. = 25.3 / B1 = 7.5; Tot. = 13.2 µg/kg – ppb) in dried fig jam from Turkey in Belgium

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 42.8; Tot. = 45.7 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from unknown origin, via the Netherlands in Belgium

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 4.7 µg/kg – ppb) in shelled groundnuts from Brazil in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 4.3 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 13.8; Tot. = 15 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Greece

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 70.2; Tot. = 85.9 / B1 = 52.5; Tot. = 63.9 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from China in Greece

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (<10 CFU/g) in thawed smoked rainbow trout from Italy, with raw material from Estonia in Italy

RASFF-shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (stx1+; eae-) in frozen boneless beef from Brazil in Italy

RASFF-shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (O188:H14 /25g) in chilled vacuum-packed boneless beef from Uruguay in Germany

RASFF-too high count of Escherichia coli (690 MPN/100g) in in live organic blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from Ireland

RASFF-foodborne outbreak suspected to be caused by live oysters from France in Italy

RASFF-foodborne outbreak caused by and norovirus (GI; GII /g) in live oysters from France in France

RASFF-norovirus in live oysters from France in the Netherlands

RASFF-histamine (between 173 and 353 mg/kg – ppm) in canned sardinella in sunflower oil from Tunisia in Italy