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FSA 

FSA has published research carried out by Ipsos MORI, Food handlers and norovirus transmission: Social science insights. This study aimed to help stop the ‘winter vomiting bug’ norovirus from spreading, by understanding and improving food handler behaviours.

The literature review identified 5 strategies for controlling norovirus:

1. Personal hygiene
2. Food handling
3. Washing and cooking food
4. Surface and uniform cleaning
5. Fitness to work

Visits to food catering establishments involved in-depth interviews, surveys, and structured environmental and behavioural observations.

Strongest evidence was found for:

• inadequate hand washing;
• not washing hands before gloving;
• using bare hands when preparing food;
• not regularly changing gloves;
• food handlers instead of trained staff cleaning areas where people vomited;
• not washing uniform correctly;
• and returning to work too early after being ill.

Data analysis and behavioural theories were used to rank behaviours which risk spreading Norovirus in relation to the control strategies, according to the strength of evidence that food handlers were expressing these behaviours.

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 6.1; Tot. = 23 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Turkey in France

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 5.8; Tot. = 17.3 µg/kg – ppb) in ginger slices from the United Kingdom in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 3.84; Tot. = 4.27 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts from China in Slovakia

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 14.2; Tot. = 15.3 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from the United States in Germany

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 9.8 µg/kg – ppb) in pure chilli powder from Bangladesh in France

RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (presence /25g) in chilled smoked sliced duck breast from Belgium in Belgium

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (<10 CFU/g) in chilled mixed cut salad from Sweden in Sweden

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (presence /10g) in chilled smoked fish from Belgium in Belgium

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (90 CFU/100g) in raw milk Neufchâtel cheese from France in France

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (presence) in raw sheep’s milk cheese from France in the Netherlands

RASFF – Campylobacter jejuni (between 300 and 48000 CFU/g) in chilled whole chicken from France in Denmark

RASFF – shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (stx1+ /25g) in chilled raw sheep’s milk cheese from France in Germany

RASFF-shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (stx2+ /25g) in frozen beef meat from Brazil in Italy

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Senftenberg (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from India in Germany

RASFF-Salmonella (in 5 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen raw salted chicken half breasts from Brazil in the UK

RASFF-Salmonella (present /25g) in ham (katenschinken) from Germany in Germany

RASFF-Salmonella (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen marinated chicken inner fillets from Brazil in the UK

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

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Dublin (presence /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Kinondoni (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from Nigeria in Greece

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium (presence /25g) in chilled chicken products and seperator meat from Belgium in the Netherlands

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

RASFF – Salmonella (present /25g) in frozen spiced turkey thigh meat from Brazil in the Netherlands

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

RASFF-Salmonella (2 out of 5 samples /25g) in frozen salted chicken breasts from Brazil in the UK

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in hulled sesame seeds from India in Poland

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis (present /25g) in frozen chicken midwings from Latvia in Estonia

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

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in chilled chorizo from Portugal in Portugal

RASFF-Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen whole chicken from Poland in Italy

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

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

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

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

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Heidelberg (present /25g) and Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium (present /25g) in frozen chicken meat (Gallus gallus) from Brazil in Spain

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

RASFF-Salmonella (present /25g) in mixed minced meat from the Netherlands in the Netherlands

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis in frozen chicken cuts from Poland in France

RASFF – Salmonella enterica ser. Senftenberg (present /25g) in soybean meal from Argentina, via the Netherlands in Belgium

RASFF-Salmonella enterica ser. Infantis (presence /25g) in meat meal from Germany in Italy

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 28 µg/kg – ppb) in peanuts from the United States

Food Poisoning Bulletin

The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment has posted a “health alert” for Par’s Pueblo Green Chili Sauce for possible Clostridium botulinum contamination. No adverse reactions or illnesses have been received to date, according to the notice.

The product in question is Par’s Natural Foods Pueblo Green Chili Sauce in 16 and 32 ounce glass containers. The notice on the Colorado government’s web page is very brief and doesn’t mention where the product may have been sold. There is no mention of this alert on the company’s web site.

If you bought this product, do not eat it. Throw it away in a sealed package or secure garbage can, or take it back to the store where you bought it.

CFIA

Ottawa, June 27, 2017 – The food recall warning issued on June 23, 2017 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Industry is recalling certain pie shells and tart shells due to possible E. coli O121 contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.