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GOV.UK – UK survey of campylobacter contamination in fresh retail chicken and its packaging: July 2015 – March 2016

FSA

Food Poisoning Bulletin

ES Foods of New York is recalling 3700 cases of Meal Breaks items that contain individually packaged Sunrich Natural Sunflower Kernels because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. No illnesses have been reported to date.

You can see the long list of recalled items, along with the lot number, item number, product pictures, and best used by date at the FDA web site. The products include Cheese Stick, Chips & Dip, Lime Bean Dippers, Cheese Cup, Frosted Flakes w/Cheese Stick, Cinnamon Pop Tarts, PBJ w/Milk, Tuna Salad w/Milk, and BBQ Chicken w/Milk.  They were distributed in California, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin to foodservice distributors, food banks, and school meal programs between April 21 and May 13, 2016.

If you purchased any of these items, contact ES Foods to arrange for product retrieval. If you have questions, contact ES Foods.

Live Science

The seemingly long shelf life for the Listeria in these products results, in part, from how the foods are stored: in the freezer. [5 Scariest Disease Outbreaks of the Past Century] Listeria can live for a really long time in the freezer, said Benjamin Chapman, a food-safety specialist and an associate professor at North Carolina State University. In fact, freezing is how scientists preserve bacteria when they want to study the organisms in the lab, Chapman told Live Science. Although freezing temperatures will prevent Listeria bacteria from growing, they don’t kill the bacteria, Chapman said. The microbes survive in the freezer, he said.

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 9.4; Tot. = 10.4 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts in shell from China in Germany

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 12; Tot. = 13 µg/kg – ppb) in whole nutmeg from Indonesia in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 45; Tot. = 52 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts in shell from China in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 30; Tot. = 37 / B1 = 52; Tot. = 74 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from Argentina in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 5.3 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from India in the Netherlands

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 37; Tot. = 49.1 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachio bars from Greece in Finland

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 3.4 µg/kg – ppb) in peanut butter from the Philippines in the UK

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 64.1; Tot. = 75.4 / B1 = 159.1; Tot. = 192.1 µg/kg – ppb) in peanuts in shell from Egypt in Italy

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 53.0; Tot. = 63.3 / B1 = 19.9; Tot. = 23.2 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnuts with shell from Egypt in Germany

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 28.6; Tot. = 32.3 µg/kg – ppb) in pistachios in shell from Iran in Germany

RASFF-aflatoxins (B1 = 33; Tot. = 40 µg/kg – ppb) in hazelnut kernels from Turkey in France

RASFF-too high count of Escherichia coli (240 MPN/100g) in chilled Japanese oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from France in Italy

RASFF-too high count of Escherichia coli (1200 MPN/100g) in live mussels from Italy in France

RASFF-too high count of Escherichia coli (330 MPN/100g) in live clams (Ruditapes decussatus) from Tunisia in Italy

RASFF-ochratoxin A (6.3 µg/kg – ppb) in organic dried raisins and nut mix from Germany in Germany

RASFF-ochratoxin A (22 µg/kg – ppb) in dried currants from the Netherlands in Belgium

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (3000 CFU/g) in chilled cheese from the United Kingdom in the UK

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (<10 CFU/g) in chilled organic grated Emmental cheese from France in France

RASFF–histamine (360.73 mg/kg – ppm) in canned tuna in soya oil from Thailand in Cyprus

RASFF–histamine (490.2 mg/kg – ppm) in chilled tuna loins from Spain in Italy

RASFF–histamine (241 mg/kg – ppm) in frozen yellowfin tuna loins from Spain in Italy

RASFF-cup cakes from Belgium infested with moulds in Germany

RASFF-Campylobacter jejuni (12 out of 12 samples /25g) in chilled chicken leg quarters from Poland in Denmark