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Tribune India

An eight-year-old girl and a woman died due to suspected food poisoning in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said on Monday.

Eight people of Gami village were on Sunday night rushed to the Batote hospital in the district after they complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.

Two of them–Parvli and Shoba Devi (85)–died en route to the hospital.

Khmer Time

16 villagers suffer food poisoning

Officials from the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft are investigating the production of rice wine in Mondolkiri province’s Keo Sima district after 16 people contracted food poisoning over the weekend.

A Keo Sima district police official said yesterday that all 16 villagers have recovered and officials are investigating the cause of the mass illness.

“We don’t exactly know yet how they got sick because they did not all eat together, they all ate at their own homes,” he said. “There was also no ceremony or event that they all joined, but they all got sick at the same time.”

He said that officials from the ministry’s provincial department took samples of rice wine being sold at a local store to do tests.

Stuff.Co.NZ

Raw milk from an Otautau supplier has been recalled following concerns it may contain harmful bacteria.

Go Farming Ltd in Otautau, which sells the brand Go 2 Raw Milk, is recalling batches 32, 33 and 34, which were labelled with the use-by dates of August 18, 20 and 21.

The Ministry for Primary Industries has released a recall notice on the batches and says no other batches of the brand are affected. The affected product should not be consumed.

The ministry says there had been no reports of illness but if anyone had consumed the product and had any concerns about their health, they should seek medical advice.

New Indian Express

Poultry farms proliferating multi-drug resistant bacteria to environment

NEW DELHI: Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms is leading to a proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria. To make matters worse, these bacteria are now spreading in the environment because of unsafe disposal of poultry litter and waste in agricultural fields and this has a potential to infect human beings, says a new study released Thursday.

The study – titled ‘Antibiotic Resistance in Poultry Environment’ – conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) pollution monitoring laboratory, collected samples of litter and soil from in and around 12 randomly selected poultry farms.

Outbreak News Today

Hepatitis A warning: Virus detected in pineapple chunks.

The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is warning consumers that Hepatitis A virus has been detected in a sample of Western Family brand fresh pineapple chunks sold in ready-to-go cups.

Current information indicates the cups were produced on August 11th and distributed to 38 Save-On-Foods, Overwaitea Foods and PriceSmart Foods stores in BC. (A list is available HERE).

Texas Cyclospora Outbreak: Now 259 Sick

Food Poisoning Bulletin

The Cyclospora outbreak in Texas has now sickened 259 people, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. That’s an increase of 29 people since the last update on August 18, 2017. This current outbreak started in late June, 2017.  Last year, there were 148 people sickened with this illness.

Why some Listeria strains survive good food hygiene standards

Phys Org 

Despite the high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the food industry, bacteria such as Listeria monocytogenes can still be found in the food processing environment. In a study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a team of researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna has now shown that certain Listeria strains – figuratively speaking – take refuge on an island. An “islet” of two genes located in one area of the genome increases the bacteria’s survival under alkaline and oxidative stress conditions. The researchers were able to identify the two genes as a functional unit termed a “stress survival islet”. Understanding this genetic “lifesaver” can help develop new strategies for food safety.

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-08-listeria-strains-survive-good-food.html#jCp

Salmonella Papaya Outbreak Case Count Increases to 210

Food Poisoning Bulletin

The multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to imported Maradol papayas has now sickened at least 201 people in 23 states. One person in New York City has died. Since the last update on August 18, 2017, 28 more people have been sickened and two more states have reported ill persons: Florida and South Carolina.

And the CDC says there are two more Salmonella outbreaks linked to papayas that were imported from two other farms in Mexico. A total of nine people are sickened in those two outbreaks, for a total of 210.

CFIA

Shore Lunch brand Fish Breading/Batter Mix recalled due to Salmonella

Ottawa, September 1, 2017 – Industry is recalling Shore Lunch brand Fish Breading/Batter Mix from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.

FSA

Myprotein recalls a number of its products due to the presence of salmonella