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Deccan Chronicle

It may be delicious, but the roadside snack, pani puri, contains a cocktail of bacteria and fungus, according to a recent study. Researchers of the Community Medicine Department of Gandhi Medical College have released a study titled A cross-sectional study on microbiological quality of street food in Hyderabad.

It is based on random samples of water and chutney from roadside pani puri sellers to test the microbiological quality. They found 45 per cent of the water and 70 per cent of the chutney samples were contaminated. All samples of freshly squeezed fruit juices, which are commonly believed to be healthier than junk food, were found to be contaminated.

Lancashire Telegraph

FARM bosses are still counting the cost of an E.coli outbreak at an East Lancashire attraction which left more than 20 children falling ill.

The owners of Huntley’s Country Stores still owe more than £100,000 after being convicted of health and safety offences in December 2015.

BarfBlog

Mark Selby and Thomasina Miers, the co-founders of Brit-Mex restaurant chain, Wahaca, write that last week a number of our staff and customers were struck down by what is suspected to be the winter vomiting bug, norovirus.

We assessed each case and when it became clear they were not isolated incidents, we got in touch with relevant officials at Public Health England and Environmental Health Offices. In tandem with that, we took our own precautionary measures – voluntarily closing affected restaurants, carrying out anti-viral deep cleaning at all of our restaurants, whether affected or not, and ensuring that any staff member who had reported illness remained off site until their symptoms had ceased for at least 48 hours.

Our amazing teams have worked tirelessly to ensure that we have done everything within our power to limit any risk to our customers and team members, and the situation remains under control and we continue to work with all local authorities to monitor this closely.

The Sun

DOZENS of horrified holidaymakers have fallen seriously ill with a vomiting virus after visiting a five-star holiday resort – including an 11-week old baby suffering severe dehydration and a man being hospitalised with kidney failure.

Over the past week The Sun has been inundated with calls from guests staying at the Liberty Lykia Hotel in Turkey throughout October claiming to have been affected by an “epidemic” sweeping the resort.

RASFF – high count of yeasts (>150000 CFU/g) in chilled salad cheese cubes from Denmark in Denmark

RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (presence /25g) in chilled smoked salmon from the United Kingdom in Italy

RASFF – aflatoxins (Tot. = 18.35 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Italy

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 18.2; Tot. = 22.2 µg/kg – ppb) in whole melon seeds (egusi) from the Netherlands in Germany

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 55.44; Tot. = 60.16 µg/kg – ppb) in roasted pistachios from Turkey in Germany

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 2.2; Tot. = 5.38 µg/kg – ppb) in dried figs from Turkey in Italy

RASFF – aflatoxins (B1 = 8.65; Tot. = 11) in melon seeds from Nigeria, via the Netherlands in Germany

RASFF – ochratoxin A (71 mg/kg – ppm) in sultanas from Turkey in Spain

RASFF – ochratoxin A (18.20 µg/kg – ppb) in white pepper from Vietnam, via Turkey in Romania

RASFF- Salmonella typhimurium (presence /25g) in frozen pork trimmings from Portugal in Romania

RASFF -Salmonella (in 1 out of 5 samples /25g) in betel leaves from India in the UK

RASFF -Salmonella (presence /25g) in sausages from Spain in Portugal

RASFF  -Salmonella enteritidis (presence /25g) in eggs from Germany in Germany

RASFF – Salmonella Derby (presence /25g) in chilled pork boneless shoulder from Denmark, via Germany in Estonia

Poultry Med

The Czech State Veterinary Administration ordered an immediate recall of approximately 2.67 million eggs from Poland which may have been sold at Tesco, Albert, and Kaufland supermarket chains due to the threat of salmonella. So far, hygiene officers in the Czech Republic have no specific information about salmonella cases linked to the Polish eggs.
Czech poultry farmers have been recording a sharp increase in demand for eggs, following a salmonella outbreak in Europe linked to eggs from Poland. However, Czech farmers are unable to meet the growing demand due to their own low production.