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RASFF – Listeria monocytogenes (200 CFU/g) in smoked salmon from Poland in France

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) and high count of Escherichia coli (430 CFU/g) in fresh hot basil (Crapao) from Thailand in Switzerland

RASFF -high count of Escherichia coli (7 out of 10 samples between 100 and 1000 CFU/g) in sweet and holy basil leaves from Laos in Norway

RASFF – Salmonella Weltevreden (presence /25g) in betel leaves from Malaysia  in the UK

RASFF -Salmonella (in 4 out of 5 samples /25g) in betel leaves from India in the UK

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in sesame seeds from India in Spain

RASFF -Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen kip doner from the Netherlands in the Netherlands

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) and high count of Escherichia coli (430 CFU/g) in fresh hot basil (Crapao) from Thailand in Switzerland

RASFF -Salmonella (presence /25g) in frozen pork meat from the Netherlands in Sweden

RASFF – Salmonella (enterica /25g) in spice mix from Germany in Switzerland

RASFF – Salmonella (presence /25g) in spiced red pepper powder from Turkey in Switzerland

RASFF- Salmonella (presence /25g) in dog chew (trachea of cattle) from Germany  in Belgium

FSA

A G Barr plc is recalling four batches of its Rubicon Sparkling Mango soft drink on a precautionary basis because yeast fermentation has occurred in some bottles. This may cause the bottle to burst. The presence of yeast has resulted in spoilage of the products, making them unsuitable for human consumption

Daily Pakistan 

More than 200 individuals suffering from food poisoning, were hospitalised after eating food at a marriage ceremony in an isolated valley of Jinjiret Koh near Drosh town here on Sunday.

Revealing the details, the local administration told Dawn that more than 200 persons, including children and women, were being treated in the hospital for diarrhoea, while more were being brought to the hospital.

The patients who were said to be stable now, apparently got ill due to food poisoning.

Food Poisoning Journal

Daily’s Premium Meats, LLC, a Salt Lake City, Utah establishment, is recalling approximately 170 pounds of ready-to-eat bacon products that may be adulterated withListeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The “Regular Ends Precooked Bacon” items were produced on September 22, 2016. The following products are subject to recall:

• 17 CASES of 2-5 lbs.  PACKAGES IN CARDBOARD BOXES, CONTAINING “48108 REGULAR ENDS PRECOOKED BACON NET WT. 10 lbs. 2/5 lbs.” with a packaging date of “9/22/16” and use by date of “6/19/17.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 6133” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to Associated Foods retail locations in Idaho and Utah.

The problem was discovered during the company’s routine internal third party testing when a product sample collected tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes (Lm).  There have been no confirmed reports of illness or adverse reactions due to consumption of these products.

Food Safety News

Until further notice, certain portions of Maine’s coastline are closed to shellfish harvesting — and recently harvested clams and mussels are not to be consumed — because a naturally occurring algae is present in dangerously high levels

Food Safety News 

Texas is going through a dust-up, mostly over who can deliver raw milk. State law says raw milk dairies can transport raw milk purchases to a pickup location. At issue is whether an agent can carry out that delivery.

PolitiFact Texas, the fact-checking service sponsored by the Austin American-Statesman, Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News, weighed into the controversy last week not for the issue, but the rhetoric.

FDA

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Good Earth Egg Company, LLC of Bonne Terre, Missouri has announced a voluntary recall of its shell eggs because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection withSalmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

The Food and Drug Administration has notified Good Earth Egg that a link has been established between eggs distributed by our facility to cases of Salmonella illnesses in Missouri and surrounding states.