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Metro

A food company has been forced to recall some of its haggis and black pudding products after they were caught up in a ‘killer’ food poisoning scare. The Farmer’s Son, based at Clentrie Farm, Auchtertool, near Edinburgh, issued a recall for its Haggis Bungs, Haggis 4 Slice and Black Pudding 4 Slice products on Saturday.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) confirmed the decision was related to the toxin production of Clostridium botulinum, which could cause a serious form of food poisoning called botulism.

FSIS USDA

Table 1. Raw Ground Beef Products (RGB) Analyzed for E. coli O157:H7, Current Calendar Year

¹Sample Sources may include these types of establishments and samples:

FNB News

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country’s apex food regulator, has issued an order warning businesses and consumers against the sale and consumption of contaminated food after it received an alert from the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) with regards to the contamination of infant milk formula with Salmonella Agona.

The formula has been manufactured by France’s Lactalis Group, and its symptoms include abdominal cramps, diarrhoea and fever.

According to INFOSAN, French authorities recently advised the withdrawal and recall of 12 batches of the implicated product. A few days later, the recall was expanded to over 600 batches that were manufactured between February and December 2017.

They identified 40 countries to whom the affected product was imported and were being informed about the Salmonella infection.

These include Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Congo, Cote D’Ivoire, Gabon, Georgia, Greece, Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong SAR (China), Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Taiwan (China), Togo, the Netherlands, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Yemen.

As per the FSSAI notice, there was no report of any import of the contaminated infant formula product to India, yet there could be a possibility of this product reaching the consumers through online sales or by other means. Therefore, a notice has been issued to the public and various stakeholders, so that any inadvertent consumption of the infected products is avoided.

EFSA 

Mycotoxins are toxic compounds produced by different types of fungus, belonging mainly to the Aspergillus, Penicillium and Fusarium genera. Under favourable environmental conditions, when temperature and moisture are conducive, these fungi proliferate and may produce mycotoxins. They commonly enter the food chain through contaminated food and feed crops, mainly cereals.

FDA

Nodine’s Smokehouse, Inc. of Torrington, Connecticut is recalling Smoked Salmon 1.5 lbs, 8 oz packages. Lot numbers 40173 and 33173 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, with high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, and nausea as its primary symptoms. In rare cases, listeriosis is fatal; it can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths. People experiencing these problems should seek immediate medical attention. Pregnant women the very young, elderly, and persons with compromised immune systems are
the most susceptible.

The Smoked Salmon was distributed nationwide in retail stores and through mail orders. The product comes in 1.5 lb and 8 oz packages with lot numbers 40173 and 33173.

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

The Yeshiva World 

Ten family members, adults and children, visited the emergency room of Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak on Monday, 7 Teves, presenting with severe intestinal illness. Three of them were hospitalized in the pediatric ward. The illness began after eating homemade mousse prepared from raw eggs.

The microbiological laboratory at the hospital identified the suspicious growth as salmonella and tomorrow, Tuesday, the suspicions of doctors will be confirmed. For the time being, the family is ill and suffering.

Hospital officials warn the tzibur against eating foods made from raw eggs. The nurse responsible for infectious diseases has reported the cases to the Ministry of Health as required by law.

Journal of Food Protection

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of an acute and self-limiting hepatitis and is increasingly detected in food products containing pork. In this study, 102 raw sausages containing pig liver (mortadella di fegato) and 18 raw pork sausages (salami type sausage) collected at retail level in a region of southern Switzerland were screened for the presence of HEV by quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR. HEV was detected in 12 (11.8%) of 102 mortadella di fegato products but not in any of the salami sausages. Viral loads in the mortadella di fegato sausages ranged from log HEV 2.3 to 5.7 genome copies per gram of food product. This study identifies mortadella di fegato type sausages made with raw pig liver as a potential source of HEV infection in humans.

FSA 

The Farmer’s Son is recalling various products because of concerns over the company’s procedures in place to control Clostridium botulinum.

Product: Haggis Bungs
Pack size: 1lb, 2lb & 4lb
‘Use By’ Date:
22/11/17-20/12/17
29/11/17-27/12/17
06/12/17-03/01/18
13/12/17-10/01/18

Product: Haggis 4 Slice
Pack size: 300g
‘Use By’ Date:
22/11/17-20/12/17
29/11/17-27/12/17
06/12/17-03/01/18
​13/12/17-10/01/18

Product: Black Pudding 4 Slice
Pack size: 300g
‘Use By’ Date:
22/11/17-21/12/17
29/11/17-28/12/17
06/12/17-04/01/18
13/12/17-11/01/18

No other The Farmer’s Son products are known to be affected.

Food Standards Scotland

As a result of further sampling Errington Cheese Ltd is voluntarily recalling all batches of Dunsyre Blue cheese because Listeria monocytogenes has been detected in the products.  The company has already taken steps to withdraw the products from sale.

Product details

Brand: Errington Cheese Ltd

Name: Dunsyre Blue

Batch No: All Batches

Pack size: All sizes

Use by Date: All date codes

Food Standards Scotland

Errington Cheese Ltd is recalling all batches of Dunsyre Blue cheese because Listeria monocytogenes has been found in the product. This updates the previous product recall information notice issued on 21/12/2017 which related to a single batch of Dunsyre Blue (batch J9) and follows further testing undertaken by the company which identified that other batches may also be affected.

Product details:

Product: Dunsyre Blue

Batch code: All Batches

Pack size: all sizes

‘Use By’ date: all date codes

No other Errington Cheese Ltd products are known to be affected

USA Today

The federal recall process for about 80% of the nation’s food is so slow it can take up to 10 months to get unsafe products off all store shelves — even when people are getting sick, says a report released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services’  inspector general office.

Much has changed since the recalls between 2012 and 2015 that were analyzed by the inspector general, says Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb.

“Delay is deeply concerning to me as well,” Gottlieb, a physician, said in an interview. “I think it’s working a lot better now.”