USA – FDA Core Outbreak Table

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FDA

Date
Posted		 Ref Pathogen or
Cause of Illness
 Product(s)
Linked to
Illnesses
(if any)		 Total
Case Count
Status
6/29/

2022

 1076 Not Yet Identified Frozen Food 107 adverse event reports Active
6/22/

2022

 1075 Salmonella
Braenderup		 Not Yet Identified 42 Active
6/22/

2022

 1072 Salmonella
Paratyphi B var. L(+) tartrate+		 Not Yet Identified 14 Active
6/15/

2022

 1070 Listeria
monocytogenes		 Not Yet Identified 12 Active
6/8/

2022

 1068 E. coli
O157:H7		 Not Yet Identified 10 Active
6/1/

2022

 1066 Hepatitis A Virus Strawberries See Outbreak
Advisory		 Active
5/25/

2022

 1067 Salmonella 
Senftenberg		 Peanut Butter See Outbreak Advisory Active
4/20/

2022

 1064 Not Yet
Identified		 Dry Cereal 558 adverse
event reports		 Active
4/13/

2022

 1057 Listeria
monocytogenes		 Not Yet
Identified		 22 Active
3/30/

2022

 1060 None
Identified		 Meal Replacement
Drink		 6 adverse
event reports		 Closed
3/16/

2022

 1055 Salmonella
Saintpaul		 Not Identified 60 Closed
2/17/

2022

 1056 Cronobacter
sakazakii		 Powdered
Infant
Formula		 See
Advisory		 Active (IMG)
2/9/

2022

 1040 Listeria
monocytogenes		 Not Identified 20 Closed
2/2/

2022

 1054 Enteroinvasive
E. coli
O143:H26		 Not
Identified		 16 Closed
1/10/

2022

 1050 E. coli
O121:H19		 Romaine 4 Closed

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New Zealand – Animal Products Notice: National Microbiological Database Programme

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MPI

Introduction

This introduction is not part of the Animal Products Notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

Purpose

This notice supplements the requirements of the Animal Product Regulations 2021 and sets requirements for microbiological sampling and testing of animal material and animal products intended for human consumption.

Background

The National Microbiological Database (NMD) Programme is a standardised microbiological sampling and testing programme to provide ongoing monitoring of microbiological process control across all industry participants.

Who should read this Animal Products Notice?

You should read this notice if you are: an operator who processes red meat or poultry intended for human consumption; or a recognised laboratory that tests red meat or poultry intended for human consumption

Why is this important?

A failure to comply with this notice may be an offence under section 135(1)(c) of the Animal Products Act 1999 and may result in further action by an animal products officer.

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France – Raw milk sheep’s cheese sold in the cut cheese department of the Peyrehorade Market store between June 14 and 27, 2022 – Listeria monocytogenes

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Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Milk and dairy products
  • Product brand name Unbranded
  • Model names or references Raw milk sheep’s cheese sold in the cut cheese department of the Peyrehorade Market store between June 14 and 27, 2022
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    0200505000000 marketed from 14/06 to 27/06 Peyrehorade Market cut cheese section Use-by date between 06/19/2022 and 06/30/2022
  • Packaging film packaging
  • Marketing start/end date From 06/14/2022 to 06/27/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Further information Raw milk sheep’s cheese sold in the cut cheese department of the Peyrehorade Market store between June 14 and 27, 2022
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Carrefour Market Peyrehorade
  • Distributors Carrefour Market Peyrehorade ONLY

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Suspicion of the presence of Listeria monocytogenes
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

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India – 120 students taken ill after food poisoning at Siddipet

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The Hindu

As many as 120 students studying in the minority residential girls high school at Siddipet took ill on Monday evening. Many of them were shifted to the government hospital where they are undergoing treatment.

According to sources, after having lunch in the afternoon, some students started vomiting and had loose motions. For some time the issue was kept a secret and they tried to hush it up. However, as the situation went out of control, the students were shifted to government hospital for treatment.

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UK – Retired retail manager, 63, died of Salmonella after eating four fried duck eggs he had bought at country show, inquest hears

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Daily Mail

A retired retail manager sadly died from one of the worst salmonella infections a consultant had seen in his career after eating four duck eggs bought at a country show.

Niptoon Tavakoli, 65, died in hospital two months after he was taken ill in June 2019, an inquest jury heard today.

Mr Tavakoli’s wife Cheryl told Doncaster Coroner’s Court that they had bought six eggs from the Melton Mowbray Deli stall at Messingham Show, in North Lincolnshire, during a family day out on Sunday, June 2, 2019.

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USA – Reoccurring, Emerging, and Persisting Enteric Bacterial Strains

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CDC

Some enteric bacterial strains cause acute outbreaks linked to specific sources. Other strains, referred to as reoccurring, emerging, or persisting (REP) strains, can reoccur and periodically cause acute outbreaks. They can also emerge and increase in frequency or persist and cause illnesses over periods of months or years, despite investigation and prevention efforts.

Investigators use a laboratory method called whole genome sequencing (WGS) to identify the DNA fingerprints of bacteria from ill people and from foods, animals, and the environment. These DNA fingerprints represent strains of bacteria.

Investigators use these DNA fingerprints to find outbreaks of enteric (gastrointestinal) diseases. When scientists identify a group of people who got sick around the same time with a strain with the same DNA fingerprint, this represents a possible outbreak. Investigators then work to determine what caused the illnesses. These acute outbreaks tend to start off with a significant rise in illnesses followed by a significant decline over a short period of time.

WGS has also enabled investigators to find and investigate groups of illnesses that are caused by the same strain but that occur over time periods longer than an acute outbreak. These strains can reoccur and periodically cause acute outbreaks, emerge and increasingly cause illness, or persist and cause illnesses over periods of months or years. They may continue to cause illnesses despite investigation and prevention efforts.

Identifying a strain as a REP strain is based on many factors, including the number of illnesses, whether illnesses are increasing, the characteristics of the strain (e.g., multidrug resistance, high virulence, increased transmissibility), and whether the strain is the cause of large or frequent outbreaks.

REP Strain Characteristics

  • Reoccurring strains: Strains repeatedly causing acute outbreaks separated by periods during which the strain either does not make people sick or causes illnesses at very low levels.
  • Emerging strains: Previously novel or rare strains that increasingly cause illnesses or show the potential to cause increasing illness.
  • Persisting strains: Strains causing illnesses consistently over a long time.

CDC’s Role

Since 2019, CDC has used the PulseNet system to identify and monitor REP strains of several major pathogens, including Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria, and Campylobacter. PulseNet uses a combination of different WGS tools for identifying and tracking these strains and will develop more as new strains are identified and investigated.

CDC uses information gained from investigations of REP strains to better understand their sources, track how they change over time, and collaborate on measures to reduce their spread.

CDC plans to share detailed information about some REP strains. Links will be available on this web page.

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Norway – MENU recalls various cold cuts salads – Listeria monocytogenes

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Matportalen

The producer has been diagnosed with Listeria monocytogenes in its production and therefore withdraws MENU Tzatziki, MENU Italian salad with ham, MENU crayfish tails in mayonnaise and MENU Whale salad. Listeria bacteria can pose a risk of serious illness in pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems.

The withdrawal applies to the following item:

  • Product name: MENU Tzatziki 200g
  • Name of company that recalls the goods: Matbørsen AS
  • Production business: Gorines AS
  • GTIN F-Pak: 7055330008496
  • Batch / lot no .: 220613
  • Last consumption date: 07.07.2022
  • Product name: MENU Italian salad with ham 200g
  • Name of company that recalls the goods: Matbørsen AS
  • Production business: Gorines AS
  • GTIN F-Pak: 7055330008045
  • Batch / lot no .: 220613
  • Last consumption date: 13.07.2022
  • Product name: MENU Crayfish tails in mayonnaise 200g
  • Name of company that recalls the goods: Matbørsen AS
  • Production business: Gorines AS
  • GTIN F-Pak: 7055330008885
  • Batch / lot no .: 220613
  • Last consumption date: 13.07.2022
  • Product name: MENU Whale salad 200g
  • Name of company that recalls the goods: Matbørsen AS
  • Production business: Gorines AS
  • GTIN F-Pak: 7055330007987
  • Batch / lot no .: 220613
  • Last consumption date: 19.07.2022

These products are sold in MENU stores across the country.

Consumers are asked to discard the product or return it to the store it was purchased for a refund.

Current products have been removed from the stores.

Press inquiries:

Birgit Nordvik , Quality Manager MatBørsen AS: 979 57 315.

Contact person:

Nina Horn Hynne , Head of Communications Menu: 934 44 213 .

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Research – Sink survey to investigate multidrug resistance pattern of common foodborne bacteria from wholesale chicken markets in Dhaka city of Bangladesh

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Nature.com

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among foodborne bacteria is a well-known public health problem. A sink survey was conducted to determine the AMR pattern of common foodborne bacteria in cloacal swab of broiler chickens and sewage samples from five wholesale chicken markets of Dhaka city in Bangladesh. Bacteria were identified by culture-based and molecular methods, and subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Resistance genes were identified by multiplex PCR and sequencing. Multidrug resistance (MDR) was observed in 93.2% of E. coli, 100% of Salmonella spp., and 97.2% of S. aureus from cloacal swab samples. For sewage samples, 80% of E. coli, and 100% of Salmonella and S. aureus showed MDR. Noteworthy, 8.3% of S. aureus from cloacal swab samples showed possible extensively drug resistance. Antimicrobial resistance genes (beta-lactamase—blaTEM, blaSHV; quinolone resistance gene—qnrS) were detected in a number of E. coli and Salmonella isolates from cloacal swab and sewage samples. The methicillin resistance gene (mecA) was detected in 47.2% and 25% S. aureus from cloacal swab and sewage samples, respectively. The findings envisage the potential public health risk and environmental health hazard through spillover of common foodborne MDR bacteria.

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Research – Peanut Butter Food Safety Concerns—Prevalence, Mitigation and Control of Salmonella spp., and Aflatoxins in Peanut Butter

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MDPI

Peanut butter has a very large and continuously increasing global market. The food safety risks associated with its consumption are also likely to have impacts on a correspondingly large global population. In terms of prevalence and potential magnitude of impact, contamination by Salmonella spp., and aflatoxins, are the major food safety risks associated with peanut butter consumption. The inherent nature of the Salmonella spp., coupled with the unique chemical composition and structure of peanut butter, present serious technical challenges when inactivating Salmonella spp. in contaminated peanut butter. Thermal treatment, microwave, radiofrequency, irradiation, and high-pressure processing all are of limited efficacy in inactivating Salmonella spp. in contaminated peanut butter. The removal of aflatoxins in contaminated peanut butter is equally problematic and for all practical purposes almost impossible at the moment. Adopting good manufacturing hygiene practices from farm to table and avoiding the processing of contaminated peanuts are probably some of the few practically viable strategies for minimising these peanut butter food safety risks. The purpose of this review is to highlight the nature of food safety risks associated with peanut butter and to discuss the effectiveness of the initiatives that are aimed at minimising these risks.

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USA – Wegmans recalls Vidalia onions over Listeria concerns

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LEX

Wegmans is recalling Vidalia Onions from its stores because of potential Listeria contamination.

The potentially impacted product was sold from June 23 through June 24. There is concern that consumers may have the onions in their homes because of their long shelf life.

Recalled product:

  • Vidalia Onions sold by the pound
  • May have a 4-digit PLU sticker on the product (4159 or 4166)

Products were sold in the following store locations stated in the link above.

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