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The Telegraph 

Supermarkets must provide plastic bags in meat aisles to stop the spread of potentially deadly bugs, the chairman of the Food Standards Agency has said.

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Heather Hancock revealed the FSA wants shoppers to be handed free disposable bags when buying raw chicken, with special reminders to use them at self-service checkouts.

As bacteria can lurk on the outside of packaging as well as on the inside, she said, an extra plastic bag layer is the “only way” shoppers can be sure they are not spreading bugs onto other food in their shopping baskets. 

Deccan Chronicle

Visakhapatnam: About 800 villagers of K. Kotapadu mandal in Visakhapatnam suffered from suspected food poisoning on Sunday midnight. According to District Medical and Health Officer Dr. J. Sarojini, about 2,000 people from about 40 surrounding villages, including Pathavalasa, Kothabhoomi, Srungavaram and others, had lunch at Mr Gokada Govinda’s house in Marrivalasa on Sunday.

The guests consumed non-vegetarian dishes like biryani etc. At about 11 pm, some villagers started experiencing abdominal pain, vomiting and loose motions. As the number of victims grew into hundreds in the ensuing hours, they were all shifted to hospitals in K Kotapadu, Kothavalasa and Pendurti for treatment in ambulances.

Not completely in my view!

Acoura

With the burger market set to reach a value of £3.8billion by 2020, burgers are a staple item on any menu.  But with 48% of consumers expecting to choose how their gourmet burger is cooked, operators must know their facts.  Is it safe to eat a rare burger?

Test

CCLCLi

Food Safety News

One carry-over from 2016 in United Kingdom is Campylobacter, remaining in 2017 as the most common cause of food poisoning in the U.K. It’s responsible for more than 280,000 cases of food poisoning each year with more 72,000 confirmed cases with a high proportion attributable to food sources.

And the U.K. has also carried at least one rapidly expanding Campylobacter outbreak into the new year.

An outbreak originally reported in mid-December with about six confirmed Campylobacter cases has now reached at least 56 cases. The South Lakeland District Council is investigating and has linked the illnesses to a Kendal farm’s raw milk sales from a vending machine.

South Lakeland Gov

Lincolnshire Live

A convenience shop is recalling a sandwich filler as it could cause food poisoning if it is eaten.

Spar has issued a national recall on its 220g home-branded Egg Mayonnaise Sandwich Filler after the product was labelled with an incorrect use by date.

The product has been incorrectly labelled with a use by date of January 17 when it should have been dated with January 2.

The Food Standards Agency says the product carries a risk of food poisoning if it is consumed after its intended use by date.

No other Spar products are known to be affected
The Food Standards Agency advice to consumers, is if you have bought the product do not eat it.

Instead, customers can return it to the store for a full refund.

FSA Recall

The Times if India

GUDALUR: Chikku, a cattle herder in Gudalur in the Nilgiris, is a worried man. “Water in the Dhodda Moyar was a little dark last week. When my cattle drank it, they fell sick and in the next couple of days more than half a dozen of them died,” he says. Siva, a worker in a farm in the same area, said he went to bathe in the river, but changed his mind since the water was dark in colour. Subsequently two cattle from the farm where he works died.

Two elephants in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve camp also died around the same time due to dehydration. Following the deaths, the camp has been temporarily shifted to four different places in the reserve, say the wildlife officials.

Salmonella, a dreaded bacteria, could have caused the death of the cattle and the elephants in captivity, officials suspect. A forest department veterinarian said they have sent the samples to a laboratory and are awaiting the results.

CFIA 

Tupperware Canada is recalling Tupperware brand Southwest Chipotle Seasoning from the marketplace due to possible Salmonellaicontamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.

The following product has been sold nationally through Tupperware parties and Internet sales.

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 20.7; Tot. = 24.3 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio nuts from Iran in Germany

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 42.5; Tot. = 45.4 ng/kg – ppt) in pistachio nuts from Turkey in Germany

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 16; Tot. = 17.1 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs diced from Turkey in France

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 174; Tot. = 198 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Germany

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 25.7; Tot. = 28.1 µg/kg – ppb) in peanuts in shell from Egypt in Italy

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 4.6; Tot. = 9.8 / B1 = 10.1; Tot. = 16.7 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Germany

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 53; Tot. = 57 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios from the United States in the Netherlands

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 10.5; Tot. = 59.6 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios in shell from Iran in Spain

RASFF -aflatoxins (B1 = 29.3; Tot. = 29.3 µg/kg – ppb) in dried chillies from Sri Lanka in Italy