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RASFF-shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli in raw cow’s milk soft cheese from France in Italy

RASFF-Penicillium moulds (presence) in soybean from the Czech Republic in Slovakia

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (<10 CFU/g) in chilled salted herring fillets with wild garlic from Poland in France

RASFF-Listeria monocytogenes (18000 CFU/g) in chilled organic soft cheese from Germany in Germany

RASFF-Salmonella Give (present /25g) in organic soybean cake from China, via Germany in Austria

Food Poisoning Bulletin                                                                         

Fox News Denver is reporting that Colorado may be added to the list of states in the Wonderful pistachios Salmonella outbreak. That product is linked to a multistate Salmonella Montevideo outbreak that has sickened at least 11 people in 9 other states.

Four people in one family in that state tested positive for Salmonella infections, although the report does not state if the strain of Salmonella that sickened those people is the outbreak strain. The family in Colorado said they were not aware of the Wonderful pistachio recall.

The Mirror                                                                                                          

A Greggs worker has been sacked after failing to wash his hands after retuning from fetching important safety equipment.

Sion Donovan was on a night shift at the Pontypridd bakery in July last year when he went the staff room.

Staff have to wash their hands when returning to a food production area.

Marianas Variety

AT least 15 individuals suffered from food poisoning after eating chicken kelaguen prepared by one of the island’s caterers.

One of the victims, Luis John Castro of the governor’s office, said on his way to work Monday morning, he stopped by at a store on Capital Hill where he bought chicken kelaguen which he ate for breakfast.

Before noon on the same day, he said he was feeling nauseous. He was also vomiting and experiencing diarrhea. He said he knew he had eaten something “bad.”

He was brought to the Commonwealth Health Center where he was seen by an emergency room doctor and placed on an IV. Before he was discharged, he was advised by the doctor to rest and take a lot of fluids.

While still at the hospital, Castro said he learned that at least two other individuals were brought to CHC for food poisoning after eating chicken kelaguen.

The Statesman

Food Safety News

Most people associate food poisoning with physical symptoms, but new research shows a connection between a foodborne parasite and mental/emotional problems, including suicide.

Researchers at universities across the country analyzed data collected from 1991 through 2008 and confirmed a relationship, previously theorized, between Toxoplasma gondii (T gondii) and self-directed aggression and other psychiatric disorders, according to their findings published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Daily Mail Online

Fridges could soon use LASERS to warn you when food has gone off: Beams can detect bacteria crawling over your groceries

• Bacteria have hair-like flagella, which they use to move around
• When a laser shines on food, it scatters off the surface to make ‘speckle’
• The moving bacteria means the speckle pattern changes over time
• Changing patterns can be captured by cameras to detect bacteria

Engadget

Using a camera operating at 30 Hz, the researchers clearly identified the contaminated meat, but couldn’t separate one contaminant from the other. Unlike other advancements in the area, MIT reports that this process is the sort of thing that could go on food production lines or even in a refrigerator, requires no physical contact and works on foods under cellophane. This isn’t a silver bullet for food poisoning, though: It can’t see viral contaminants, or the toxins produced by bacteria that stick around even after the bugs die off.

Should you not have a red, coherent laser and a camera that fires 30 times a second, there’s always the low-tech rule of thumb: When in doubt, throw it out.