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New Indian Express

SRIKAKULAM: Taking a serious view of food the poisoning case reported from a  Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) at G Sigadam, collector K Dhananjaya Reddy issued suspension orders to school special officer Shirisha and NURSE Kumari on the charge of negligence while discharging their duties. A day after 35 girls were admitted to Rajam government hospital with the complaints of vomiting, fevers and diarrhoea, another six students were rushed to the hospital on Saturday morning.
According to sources, though the food poisoning came to light four days ago, the school management managed to hush up the incident.

Outlook India

Dumka (Jharkhand), Jan 7 Four members of a family, including three minors, have died while three others were hospitalized in a suspected case of food poisoning in Sitpahari village under Muffasil police station of Dumka district, police today said.

Baski Dey (43), an utensil hawker, his two daughters — Jiyamuni (12) and Lalitha (10) — and son Jiyaram (8) were found dead today morning in their house while Baski’s another son Mukul (4), wife Rinku Devi (35) and mother Rai Devi (60) were found sick, officer-in-charge of the police station, Kameshwar Singh said.

All the three persons have been admitted to Dumka Sadar Hospital he said.

The Deputy Superintendent of Sadar Hospital Dr Dilip Keshri said they are suspecting it to be a case of food poisoning.

The Sun

A MAN’S testicle “exploded like a volcano” after he got a rare disease on holiday.

David Worsley, 59, caught African Salmonella, a strain of the infection which was confined to his genital area, in Tunisia.

Food Poisoning Bulletin 

Fieldbrook Foods Corporation of Dunkirk NY has issued a voluntary recall of 20 cases of the Tops brand of Orange Cream Bars and 320 cases of the Meijer Purple Cow brand Orange Cream Bars due to the possibility that the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

The recalled Top’s Orange Cream Bars were sold in Tops retail stores located in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Vermont.  The product comes in a 12 ct retail box (pictures attached).  The product has a production date of December 18, 2017 and a “best by” date of December 18, 2018.

The recalled Purple Cow Orange Cream Bars were sold in Meijer retail stores located in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Wisconsin. The product comes in a 12 ct retail box (pictures attached). The product has a production date of November 30, 2017 and a “best by” date of November 30, 2018.

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.

Pacific News Center

Interesting news, follow the link and see the picture, but not after you have just eaten!

Yesterday, pictures circulated on social media showing raw chicken thawing in a mop sink adjacent to the Vietnamese restaurant.

Guam – The Department of Public Health released the inspection report of the Pho Saigon 2 restaurant and the details of the findings are difficult to stomach.

Yesterday, pictures circulated on social media showing raw chicken thawing in a mop sink adjacent to the Vietnamese restaurant.

When the health inspectors arrived yesterday for an impromptu inspection, they found more health code violations far beyond raw chicken left outside in the open air.

The Food Establishment Report writes, “Ready to eat foods stored in the same freezer as raw meat, food contact surfaces not cleaned and sanitized properly,” etc.

Public health went on to cite other violations that included a lack of hot water at the restaurant, improper employee hand washing, sanitation issues, hazardous food storage temperatures, and of course, pest problems.

Telegraph

Wooden “plates” used by restaurants pose a food poisoning risk to people eating from them, a council has warned as it issued a £50,000 fine to a steakhouse where 14 people fell ill.

Birmingham City Council brought the case against Ibrahim’s Grill and Steak House because it kept using the boards to serve food.

In October 2016, inspectors visited the premises in Acocks Green, Birmingham, after a food poisoning outbreak affected a party of 14.

A number of issues of concern were found, including a high level reliance being placed on the use of disposable gloves, rather than staff washing hands.

The cleaning of the premises was poor and sanitising chemicals were also not being used in accordance with manufacturer instructions.

Food Quality News

Netherlands has reported its first Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak with 57 cases over seven months.

Wiley Online

Aims:  To determine the level of aerosol formation and fallout within a toilet cubicle after flushing a toilet contaminated with indicator organisms at levels required to mimic pathogen shedding during infectious diarrhoea.

Conclusions:  Although a single flush reduced the level of micro-organisms in the toilet bowl water when contaminated at concentrations reflecting pathogen shedding, large numbers of micro-organisms persisted on the toilet bowl surface and in the bowl water which were disseminated into the air by further flushes.

Significance and Impact of the Study:  Many individuals may be unaware of the risk of air-borne dissemination of microbes when flushing the toilet and the consequent surface contamination that may spread infection within the household, via direct surface-to-hand-to mouth contact. Some enteric viruses could persist in the air after toilet flushing and infection may be acquired after inhalation and swallowing.

Science Direct

Summary

Science Direct

On June 28, 2013, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) was notified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of an investigation of a multistate cluster of illnesses of Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg. Since case-patients in the cluster reported consumption of a variety of chicken products, FSIS used a simple likelihood-based approach using traceback information to focus on intensified sampling efforts. This article describes the multiphased product sampling approach taken by FSIS when epidemiologic evidence implicated chicken products from multiple establishments operating under one corporation. The objectives of sampling were to (1) assess process control of chicken slaughter and further processing and (2) determine whether outbreak strains were present in products from these implicated establishments. As part of the sample collection process, data collected by FSIS personnel to characterize product included category (whole chicken and type of chicken parts), brand, organic or conventional product, injection with salt solutions or flavorings, and whether product was skinless or skin-on. From the period September 9, 2013, through October 31, 2014, 3164 samples were taken as part of this effort. Salmonella percent positive declined from 19.7% to 5.3% during this timeframe as a result of regulatory and company efforts. The results of intensified sampling for this outbreak investigation informed an FSIS regulatory response and corrective actions taken by the implicated establishments. The company noted that a multihurdle approach to reduce Salmonella in products was taken, including on-farm efforts such as environmental testing, depopulation of affected flocks, disinfection of affected houses, vaccination, and use of various interventions within the establishments over the course of several months.