Millions of chickens carrying superbug strains of the food-poisoning bacteria campylobacter end up in supermarkets, a study has found.
Some 73 per cent of chickens sold in the High Street in 2014-15 were carrying campylobacter, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Research published yesterday reveals that 75 per cent of these were resistant to at least one antibiotic or antimicrobial.
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Ciguatera is one of the most common forms of food poisoning, which occurs after the consumption of fish contaminated with neurotoxins produced by certain microalgae that build up the food chain. Just a few bites can be sufficient to induce the condition. Disturbingly, affected fish looks, smells, and tastes normal, and ciguatoxins are resistant to all forms of cooking. So, there is no straightforward method to predict whether a seafood meal can turn into a ciguatera nightmare.
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Salmonella
The company discovered the bacteria in a routine examination last week.
The products that may have been affected, and which are marketed under the name Tzabar, never left the factory, a spokesperson says. The products include hummus, tehini and eggplant salad. The company stresses that there is no risk in any of their products that have reached the shelves.
“The Health Ministry was notified immediately,” the company says. “Cleaning the production line caused a delay in supply of some of the company’s products, but now we have returned to full production capacity. All the products that reached the shelves passed rigorous checks.”
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There has been a mass cull of chickens in French Polynesia because of a salmonella outbreak.
The public broadcaster says 16,000 chickens have been killed in Taravao after the presence of the bacteria was confirmed.
Another chicken farm in nearby Papara is under surveillance.
Five years ago, more than a dozen people were taken to hospital because of a salmonella outbreak on the island.
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The Minnesota Department of Health is scrambling to pinpoint the source of a serious outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has sickened 17 people who had been living, visiting, or working in Hopkins, Minnesota since August 4th. One of these victims has now died. The person who died was elderly and was one of the previously confirmed patients.
Doug Schultz of the Minnesota Department of Health confirmed those numbers. All of the cases were exposed before or during the first full week of September 2016, before the outbreak was identified.
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A brucellosis outbreak in Texas has been linked to unpasteurized cheese from Mexico, according to a health advisory issued by the Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services. A record number of 13 people have been diagnosed in 2016 so far. Dallas usually has only 2 to 6 cases of brucellosis every year. There were 11 Brucella infections total in 2014.
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An E. coli O157:H7 outbreak and an associated recall have both expanded in Scotland. As a result, Errington Cheese Ltd. must destroy cheese worth at least $334,000, while a top E. coli expert questions whether health officials are “over-interpreting scientific evidence.”
The addition of two more confirmed cases brings the number of ill people in the outbreak to 22, with 13 admitted to hospitals for treatment. Of the 22, at least 19 ate Errington Dunsyre Blue cheese before becoming sick, according to officials.
The victims include a 3-year-old girl from Dunbartonshire who died. Additional children in the Angus area could be added to the outbreak list, according to Food Standards Scotland (FSS).
A blanket ban on the sale of all cheese from Errington Cheese Ltd. of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, was put in place a week ago after FSS linked the outbreak and death.
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The number of new cases of Hepatitis A being reported in Hawaii appears to be slowing, with only five additional patients being confirmed in the past week.
However, foodservice workers at restaurants and an elementary school cafeteria have been confirmed as among the 276 victims, spurring public health and school officials to urge the public and parents to watch for symptoms of the infection. It can take two weeks to two months for symptoms to develop following exposure.
The principal of Benjamin Parker Elementary School in Kaneohe, Hawaii has sent a letter to parents telling them that a cafeteria kitchen worker has been diagnosed with hepatitis A. That person worked in the kitchen from August 28 to 30, 2016. All meals will be prepared offsite until further notice.
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Krishna Food Corp of Neshanic Station, New Jersey is recalling 16 cartons of BIKAJI Chowpati BHELPURI, NET WT: 300g 10.58 OZ Batch no 2016 F97 Best Before June 2017, because it has 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 with Salmonella 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.
Product was distributed in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania states, through retail stores.
The product is packed within a pouch pack.
No illnesses have been reported to date.
Recent tests conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration show this product to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Consumers who have purchased the product are urged to destroy it. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-917-478-3225 Monday – Friday, 9:30 am – 6:00 pm, ET.
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Brenham, TX – Blue Bell Ice Cream is voluntarily recalling select products produced in its Sylacauga, Alabama, plant because they were made with a chocolate chip cookie dough ingredient supplied by a third party supplier Aspen Hills, Inc., due to the potential for it to contain Listeria monocytogenes.
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