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FDA

LUBBOCK, TX — May 17, 2024 — United Supermarkets is advising guests about a recall by its supplier Palmer Candy of its white coated confectionary items due to possible Salmonella contamination. Palmer Candy was notified by its liquid coating supplier that there was a potential for contamination with Salmonella from an ingredient that was potentially contaminated from one of their suppliers. The white coated confections items include Chocolate Caramel Corn and Candy Trays available for purchase at Albertsons Market, Amigos, Market Street and United stores in New Mexico and Texas. The FDA’s recall announcement can be found here.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy people infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

Guests who have purchased these items are urged not to consume these products and to dispose of them or return the items to their local store for a full refund. There have been no known reports of injuries or adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

Guests with questions should contact Albertsons Companies’ Customer Service Center at 1-877-723-3929 Monday through Friday from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. PST.

I have had a few days break so today is holiday catch up so there will be more posts than normal.

MPI

New Zealand Food Safety is directing a recall of all raw fruit juice from Our Fruit Box or OFB and is advising people not to consume the product.

“This raw fruit juice presents a food safety risk because it has not been through the required checks and balances to make sure it is safe to consume,” says New Zealand Food Safety’s deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle.

“The company making these juices has not been registered under the Food Act, so consumers cannot be certain that risks have been properly identified and managed.

“The product is a raw fruit juice and for that reason food safety controls are crucial. Without proper controls during processing of food, pathogens can enter the product.

“Pathogens such as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), Salmonella, Cryptosporidium and norovirus can be present in the juice, making it unsafe to consume, particularly for people who are young, older, pregnant or with weakened immune systems.”

The recalled raw juice has limited identifying labelling or branding and may be sold in 20 litre plastic containers labelled ‘OFB’ and in unlabelled bottles of different shapes and sizes.

Available information suggests the raw fruit juice has been available for sale through informal sellers, door-to-door through businesses, local markets and online on their website.

OFB – Our Fruit Box 

“If you have bought this product – either labelled OFB or Our Fruit Box, or with limited or no identifying labelling or branding – do not consume it and throw it out,” says Mr Arbuckle.

“If you are unsure of whether an unlabelled product you have bought is OFB, ask the supplier.”

For more information and food safety advice, refer to the New Zealand Food Safety webpage:

Warning about Our Fruit Box raw fruit juices

If you have any concerns about these products, call MPI’s consumer helpline on 0800 00 83 33.

There have been no reports of associated illness to date.

If you have consumed this product and have any health concerns, seek medical advice. Contact your health professional or call Healthline on 0800 61 11 16.

For more information, email NZFoodSafety_media@mpi.govt.nz

New Straits Times

KUALA LUMPUR: Two people are now being treated at the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in Negri Sembilan after they were down with poisoning, believed to have been caused by eating mussels.

State health director Datuk Dr Harlina Abdul Rashid, in a statement today, said the two were among eight cases of poisoning from eating mussels detected by the Negri Sembilan Health Department.

“This incident was first detected on April 1, when the Port Dickson district health office received notification from the Port Dickson Hospital.

“Several samples have been taken for laboratory analysis and notification has been made to all healthcare facilities to identify cases with similar symptoms and a history of consuming mussels or other bivalves.

Science Daily

Cornell University scientists have detected higher bacterial counts in commercial, paperboard single-serving containers two weeks after processing than milk packaged in larger containers from the same facilities.

BNN Breaking

In a distressing turn of events, more than 200 individuals have been hospitalized following a food poisoning outbreak linked to Tram Anh Chicken Rice Restaurant in Nha Trang, a renowned destination for both tourists and locals. Nguyen Thanh Ha, spokesperson for Khanh Hoa Province People’s Committee, detailed that 157 of those affected are receiving treatment at 12 different hospitals and medical centers, with the remainder being treated at home.

The ongoing investigation by the health authorities is yet to determine the exact cause of the poisoning, as tests on both the patients’ samples and the eatery’s food samples are still pending. The eatery, which holds legal licenses and food safety certification, is currently under scrutiny for failing to provide contracts for its ingredient purchases.

Mattilsynet

A La Carte Produkter AS asks consumers who have bought the product to throw it away or return it to where it was bought. In the delis, oysters are sold unpackaged and without labelling. If you are unsure whether you have bought oysters from the affected lots, you can contact the point of sale, or throw them away.

Food poisoning with Norovirus can cause acute nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and/or diarrhoea. In addition, you can get flu-like symptoms such as fever, muscle and joint pain and headache. The disease is usually mild and goes away on its own after 1-3 days in otherwise healthy people. 

Oysters are often eaten raw without heat treatment, and from nature’s side, oysters can concentrate viruses by filtering the water they live in. Oysters can thus make us sick when eaten. Norovirus is the most common cause of what we usually refer to as “acquired sickness”, and in periods of high incidence of Norovirus in the population, the risk of getting sick from eating oysters also increases.

Boiling and frying kill Norovirus, but it is uncertain whether steaming has a sufficient effect.

Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Meats
Product brand name
unbranded
Model names or references
Minced meat
Product identification
GTIN Batch
240540007301 see product list in attachment
Products List
New_12-03-2024-09.13.24.pdfAttachment
Packaging
In bulk
Start/end date of marketing
From 03/01/2024 to 03/05/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Further information
Slaughter number: 95193 Slaughter date: 03/23/2024 Breeding: France Kill number: 3942 Date of birth: 11/12/2021
Geographical sales area
Departments: MARNE (51), YONNE (89)
Distributors
Leclerc

Gov France

Snails in court broth

Gov France

Provençal terrine