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Food Poison Journal

Raw cheddar cheese produced and packaged by Raw Farm, LLC of Fresno County is the subject of a statewide recall and quarantine order announced by California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones.

The order applies to “Raw Farm Cheddar” packaged in one-pound (16 oz) blocks with a code date marked on the plastic wrapper of BEST BY: 03/16/2024 and BATCH# 20230517-1.

Consumers are strongly urged to dispose of any product remaining in their refrigerators, and retailers are to pull the product immediately from their shelves. The current order does not include other lots or products from Raw Farm, LLC.

CDFA found the Salmonella bacteria in a routine sample collected at the Raw Farm, LLC manufacturing and packaging facility.  No illnesses have been reported.

Food Standards Scotland

The Edition

Health Protection Agency (HPA) has confirmed that over 7,000 Norovirus cases were reported across hospitals in the Malé region during the month of July.

According to statistics from HPA, there were a total of 3,328 cases of diarrhea and nausea reported in June, and this figure doubled to 7,384 cases in July.

After thousands had gathered to watch the Maldives’ Independence Day parade and festivities, many individuals either consulted or were admitted to hospitals in the Malé region with symptoms of diarrhea and nausea. Most of the hospitals reported that their emergency rooms operated at full capacity due to the surge in cases.

HPA has confirmed that the flu is a strain of the Norovirus, which causes symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea, and fever.

While cases spiked in the Greater Malé region, reports of the flu have been surging across the atolls as well.

Symptoms of the flu, besides diarrhea and nausea, include fever, stomach pain, and fatigue. The virus is also commonly referred to as ‘stomach flu.’

Chilled Food Assoc

Principles of an Environmental Monitoring Program for the Management of Listeria monocytogenes 

This guidance sets out effective environmental hygiene management using monitoring and preventative and corrective actions and how to interpret this data and relate it to other results from raw materials, components and product. This gives much-needed detail to support good hygiene practice particularly for SMEs and for enforcement not only by Competent Authorities but also commercially, e.g. by FBOs buying ready to eat ingredients from suppliers and for final product retail customers.

EDEX Live

Seven students of the Moraji Desai Residential School in Gundlupete, Karnataka, fell ill after consuming the hostel food on Thursday, July 27.

Monitor

150 students of Nakanyonyi SS hospitalised after suspected food poisoning

FDA

Company Announcement

Cooperstown Cheese Company of Milford, NY, is recalling 1400 pounds of cheese purchased, sold or distributed from June 21, 2023 to July 10, 2023 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.

Product was distributed in New York State and reached customers through farmers markets, restaurants and retail stores. In a retail store, the product may be repackaged and wrapped in cellophane or cheese paper or vacuum sealed. The products are labelled as Jersey Girl, Toma Celena and Abbie. At farmers markets, the product is wrapped in cheese paper or plastic. The products found at farmers markets are labelled as Jersey Girl, Toma Celena, SK, Jersey Gold, Marielle, Jersey Girl with garlic/rosemary, Jersey Girl spring onion, Bobby’s got the Blues, Toma Torino, Jersey Gold with garlic, and Abbie. Cut and wrapped, the product would last roughly 2 weeks, depending on storage. In restaurants, the products are labelled as Jersey Girl and Toma Celena. All are labelled with Cooperstown Cheese Company labels that contain the company contact information.

The listeria was found through routine environmental testing by the firm and during an FDA inspection.

The company has ceased production as they and FDA continue to investigate the problem.

No illnesses have been reported to date.

Consumers who have purchased any of the products can return them to where they were purchased for refund. For more information, please contact Sharon Tomaselli of Cooperstown Cheese Company at 978-257-4635, 9 to 5, EST.