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France – Pork Cheek – Salmonella

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Identification information of the recalled product

Product category Food
Product subcategory Meats
Product brand name kermen
Model names or references pork cheek
Identification of products

GTIN Batch Date

3266110044274 21542555 Use-by date 04/05/2022
Products List posterappealrecalling_pork_cheek_a_simmer.pdf Enclosed
Packaging filmed tray
Marketing start/end date From 04/16/2022 to 04/21/2022
Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
Further information product ordered from kermene packed in our workshop
Geographic area of sale LECLERC SAPIAC
Distributors LECLERC SODIBAG 82000 MONTAUBAN

GTIN	Batch	Date
3266110044274	21542555	Use-by date 04/05/2022

Practical information regarding the recall

Reason for recall presence of salmonella
Risks incurred by the consumer Other risk

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USA – FDA says reports nearing 450 in outbreak associated with Lucky Charms cereal

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Food Safety News

The FDA is reporting that the number of reports of illnesses linked to a dry cereal have almost doubled in the past week, reaching 446.

In a weekly update the Food and Drug Administration indicated that the number had increased from the 231 cases of “adverse events” reported on April 20. Although the update does not name the cereal involved, the FDA has previously confirmed to Food Safety News that it is investigating an outbreak of illnesses linked to Lucky Charms cereal.

The FDA has also confirmed that it sent an alert earlier this week to state and local health departments noting the outbreak and asking for help investigating it. The Ohio Department of Health reported that symptoms related to the cereal include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

Hundreds of similar reports to the crowd sourcing website iwaspoisoned.com have come in in recent weeks. The website operator Patrick Quade works with state and local health departments to help identify foodborne illness outbreaks.

In other outbreak news, the FDA has closed its investigation into a Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak without having identified a source of the pathogen. As of the most recent report the outbreak had affected 60 people. The agency has not reported any information about the patients and has not reported where they live. The FDA did initiate traceback efforts but was not able to collect enough information for on-site inspections or sample collections.

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Former employee blows whistle on baby formula production plant tied to outbreak – Cronobacter

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EFOOD ALERT

A whistle blower document regarding product safety at a plant that manufactured infant formula linked to a deadly, ongoing outbreak provides damning information against Abbott Nutrition, the maker of Similac and other popular formulas that have been recalled in relation to the outbreak.

The document, sent to top officials at the Food and Drug Administration in October 2021, sparked outrage from U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro who has already demanded information from the FDA regarding the Cronobacter outbreak among babies. DeLauro, D-CT, on April 28 shared a redacted version of the whistle blower complaint and renewed her criticism of FDA and Abbott Nutrition for their slow response to the outbreak in which at least four babies have been hospitalized, with two having died.

“I am deeply concerned about the practices at this Abbott facility and their apparent failure to implement and enforce internal controls at this facility. We need to know exactly who in the company was aware of this failure and the alleged attempts to hide this information from the FDA,” DeLauro said during a meeting on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the United States Department of Agriculture.

“I am equally concerned that the FDA reacted far too slowly to this report. The report was submitted to the FDA on October 20, 2021. The FDA did not interview the whistleblower until late December 2021. According to news reports, FDA did not inspect the plant in person until January 31, 2022, and the recall was not issued until February 17, 2022.”

Read the full story at the link above.

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Israel – Strauss expands recall as 10-year-old hospitalised with Salmonella

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Strauss has expanded a recall announced earlier this week to all Elite, Energy, gum and toffee products after traces of salmonella were found on production lines.

An expanding crisis

All Elite chocolates, cakes and wafers, Energy cereal bars and chocolate-covered rice cakes and all Strauss chewing gum and toffees will be removed from store shelves regardless of the expiration date.

Strauss said it would reset the operations at its confectionery factory and restart operations after the issues are fixed. The company found two samples that are suspected of being salmonella from two chocolate products that were returned as part of the recall, out of 270 samples taken.

On Wednesday, a 10-year-old boy was diagnosed with salmonella after being hospitalised with severe dehydration as a result of extensive vomiting and diarrhoea.

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Kinder Chocolate Salmonella Outbreaks hits 151 – mostly children – now 1 ill in United States

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Food Poison Journal

On 27 March 2022, WHO was informed by the IHR National Focal Point of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the United Kingdom) of a widely distributed cluster of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) with an unidentified source. Molecular typing confirmed isolation of the bacteria S. Typhimurium sequence typing (ST) 34 and epidemiological evidence has subsequently linked the outbreak to chocolate products from Belgium, which, as of 25 April 2022, have been found to be distributed to at least 113 countriesand territories¹ across all WHO Regions

Monophasic S. Typhimurium matching the human outbreak cases were identified in buttermilk tanks at the Ferrero Corporate plant in Arlon, Belgium in December 2021 and January 2022. After implementing hygiene measures and negative Salmonella testing, the implicated products (all Kinder products manufactured at the implicated facility (Arlon) including Kinder Surprise, Kinder Mini Eggs, Kinder Surprise Maxi 100g and Kinder Schoko-Bons) were distributed across Europe and globally.

According to the analyses of the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the outbreak strain is resistant to six types of antibiotics: penicillins, aminoglycosides (streptomycin, spectinomycin, kanamycin, and gentamycin), phenicols, sulfonamides, trimethoprim, tetracyclines.

As of 25 April 2022, a total of 151 genetically related cases of S. Typhimurium suspected to be linked to the consumption of the implicated chocolate products have been reported from 11 countries (Figure 1): Belgium (26 cases), France (25 cases), Germany (10 cases), Ireland (15 cases), Luxembourg (1 case), the Netherlands (2 cases), Norway (1 case), Spain (1 case), Sweden (4 cases), the United Kingdom (65 cases) and the United States of America (1 case).

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Netherlands – Safety Warning Siu Loong Bun Pork & Cheese from Kung Fu

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NVWA

Amazing Oriental warns against Kung Fu’s Siu Loong Bun Pork & Cheese. An internal investigation has shown that the product contains microbacteria. Eating this product can pose a health hazard. Do not eat the product.

Siu Loong Bun Pork & Cheese

Product code: 69259
Brand: Kung Fu
Best before: 02/01/2023
Packing unit: 300g

An internal investigation has shown that the said product contains microbacteria. Consuming this product may pose a health hazard.

We would like to request that you return the mentioned product to one of the Amazing Oriental branches. You will of course receive the purchase amount back.

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USA – FDA and Stop Foodborne Illness to Co-Host Third Food Safety Culture Webinar

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Stop Foodborne Illness, a non-profit public health organization, are announcing a third webinar in their collaborative series that explores food safety culture.

The third webinar is called “Building a Coalition of Food Safety Culture Champions Across Your Organization.” It will take place on May 18, 2022, at 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET. The webinar will feature:

Charlean Gmunder, Chief Operating Officer at Blue Apron
Dale Estep, Corporate Food Safety & Quality Assurance Manager at McKee Foods Corporation
Ellison Beasley, R&D Food Safety Scientist at McKee Foods Corporation

The webinar series is entitled “Collaborating on Culture in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety.” It engages experts from the public and private sectors in a collaborative exchange of ideas and experiences related to the importance of a robust food safety culture in helping to ensure safe food production.

Food safety culture is one of the core elements in FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint, which states that dramatic improvements in reducing the burden of foodborne illness cannot be made without doing more to influence the beliefs, attitudes, and, most importantly, the behaviors of people and the actions of organizations.

For More Information

To Register

To learn more about this webinar series and to listen to recordings of the first two webinars, visit Collaborating on Culture in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety.

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USA – FDA Core Investigation Table Update

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FDA

What’s New

For the investigation with a reference number 1064, the total adverse event reports have increased to 446.
For the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak in a not yet identified food (reference #1040), the case count has increased to 19 cases.
The investigation has closed for the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak in an unidentified food.
For the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak in a not yet identified food (reference #1057), the case count has increased to 17 cases.

Date Posted	Ref	Pathogen or Cause of Illness	Product(s) Linked to Illnesses (if any)	Total Case Count	Status	Outbreak Status
4/20/ 2022	1064	Not Yet Identified	Dry Cereal	446 adverse event reports	Active	Ongoing See Advice
4/13/ 2022	1057	Listeria monocytogenes	Not Yet Identified	17	Active	Ongoing See Advice
4/6/ 2022	Not App	Norovirus*	Raw Oysters	See CDC Alert	Active	Ongoing See Safety Alert
3/30/ 2022	1060	Not Yet Identified	Meal Replace ment Drink	6 adverse event reports	Active	Ongoing See Advice
3/16/ 2022	1055	Salmonella Saintpaul	Not Identified	60	Closed	Ended See Advice
2/17/ 2022	1056	Cronobacter sakazakii	Powdered Infant Formula	See Advisory	Active	Ongoing See Advisory
2/9/ 2022	1040	Listeria monocytogenes	Not Yet Identified	19	Active	Ongoing See Advice
2/2/ 2022	1054	Enteroinvasive E. coli O143:H26	Not Identified	16	Closed	Ended See Advice
1/10/ 2022	1050	E. coli O121:H19	Romaine	4	Closed	Ended
12/29/ 2021	1052	E. coli O157:H7	Packaged Salad	See Outbreak Advisory	Closed	Ended See Outbreak Advisory
12/20/ 2021	1039	Listeria monocytogenes	Packaged Salad	See Outbreak Advisory	Closed	Ended See Outbreak Advisory
12/15/ 2021	1048	Listeria monocytogenes	Packaged Salad	See Outbreak Advisory	Closed	Ended See Outbreak Advisory

*Outbreaks associated with shellfish are managed by the FDA Division of Seafood Safety, not CORE Response Teams. This outbreak is included here for the convenience of the consumer and will be removed once the outbreak is over and the investigation is closed.

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Iceland – Listeria in smoked rainbow trout

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MAST

Matvælastofnun warns against consuming one production batch of smoked rainbow trout from the company Hnýfill efh. Pollution due to Listeria monocytogenes is suspected in the product and as a precaution it has been stopped in the sale and recall from the market.

The recall only applies to the following batch:

Product name: Hut-smoked rainbow trout
Manufacturer: Hnýfill ehf., Óseyri 22, 600 Akureyri
Production date: 11.04.2022
Lot number: 23116295
Bar code: 23116295
Country of production: Iceland
Distribution: Olís store in Varmahlíð, Kjörbúðin in Siglufjörður, Dalvík and Blönduós, Krambúðin Byggðavegur and Búðardalur, Kaupfélag V-Húnvetningar, Nettó in Glerártorg, Hrísalund, Selfoss and Ísafjörður.

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In most healthy individuals, the consumption of listeria-contaminated foods does not cause disease. Risk groups are pregnant women, unborn and newborn babies, the elderly and people with impaired immune systems. Group infections caused by listeria are rare, usually individual infections.

Consumers who have purchased the products are advised not to consume it and return it to the relevant store where it was purchased.

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France – ORGANIC AMAZONIAN NUTS – ORGANIC VILLAGE – SOLD IN BULK – Aflatoxin B1

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Identification information of the recalled product

Product category Food
Product subcategory Nuts and seeds
Product brand name ORGANIC VILLAGE
Model names or references ORGANIC AMAZONIAN NUTS – ORGANIC VILLAGE – SOLD IN BULK
Identification of products

Batch Date

These nuts were marketed in the bulk department from 02/14/2022 to 04/25/2022 Date of minimum durability 01/24/2023
Packaging BULK
Marketing start/end date From 02/14/2022 to 04/25/2022
Storage temperature Product to be stored at room temperature
Further information These nuts were marketed in the bulk department from 02/14/2022 to 04/25/2022. The DDM concerned is 24/01/2023.
Geographic area of sale Whole France
Distributors E.LECLERC

Batch	Date
These nuts were marketed in the bulk department from 02/14/2022 to 04/25/2022	Date of minimum durability 01/24/2023

Practical information regarding the recall

Reason for recall Presence of aflatoxins B1 and total aflatoxins
Risks incurred by the consumer Aflatoxins

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France – Pork Cheek – Salmonella

Identification information of the recalled product

Practical information regarding the recall

USA – FDA says reports nearing 450 in outbreak associated with Lucky Charms cereal

Former employee blows whistle on baby formula production plant tied to outbreak – Cronobacter