RASFF Alert – E.coli – Whelks

RASFF

Too high count of Escherichia coli in whelk (Buccinum undatum) from France in Belgium and the Netherlands

RASFF Alert – Histamine – Chilled Mackerel

RASFF

Histamine (980 mg/kg – ppm) in chilled mackerel from the Netherlands in Belgium

RASFF Alert – STEC E.coli – Raw Milk Cheese

RASFF

VTEC/STEC in raw milk cheese from France in Germany

RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes – Chilled Cooked Ham – Smoked Pigs Ears

RASFF

Listeria monocytogenes in cooked smoked pig ears from Lithuania in Germany

RASFF

Listeria monocytogenes (< 100 CFU/g) in chilled cooked ham from Serbia in Austria and Hungary

RASFF Alert- Fungal Growth – SuperValu Still Lemon & Lime Flavoured Spring Water

RASFF

Fungal Growth in and Off Taste from SuperValu Still Lemon & Lime Flavoured Spring Water from Ireland in Ireland and Belgium

New Zealand – Shellfish biotoxin alerts

MPI

ALL WARNINGS ARE UP-TO-DATE

We review the warnings on this page following sampling, and update it when we find toxic shellfish.

If you have questions, email info@mpi.govt.nz

Current warnings

No warnings are in place.

Dates of recent warnings issued and removed
  • 20 January 2022: Grove Arm and Banks Peninsula warnings removed
  • 17 December 2021: Extended to entire Banks Peninsula warning issued
  • 15 December 2021: Akaroa Harbour warning issued
  • 24 November 2021: Marlborough Sounds warning issued
  • 16 June 2021: Hawke Bay warning removed

USA – DRAFT: Scombrotoxin (Histamine)-forming Fish and Fishery Products – Decomposition and Histamine (CPG 7108.24)

FDA

Submit Comments by 

Although you can comment on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 10.115(g)(5)), to ensure that the FDA considers your comment on a draft guidance before it begins work on the final version of the guidance, submit either online or written comments on the draft guidance before the close date.

If unable to submit comments online, please mail written comments to:

Dockets Management
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane, Rm 1061
Rockville, MD 20852

All written comments should be identified with this document’s docket number: FDA-2021-D-0367


Docket Number:
FDA-2021-D-0367
Issued by:
Office of Regulatory Affairs
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

The purpose of this compliance policy guide (CPG) is to provide guidance for FDA staff on adulteration associated with decomposition and/or histamine identified during surveillance sampling and testing of fish and fishery products susceptible to histamine formation.

The current CPG Sec. 540.525 is being revised to update FDA regulatory action guidance for sensory analysis and histamine levels in scombrotoxin-forming fish and fishery products.

The  contents of this document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way, unless specifically incorporated into a contract.  This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law.  FDA guidance documents, including this CPG, should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited.  The use of the word should in FDA guidances means that something is suggested or recommended, but not required.

USA – Core Outbreak Table Update

FDA

Date
Posted
Reference
#
Pathogen
Product(s)
Linked to
Illnesses

(if any)
Investigation
Status
1/10/

2022

1050 E. coli
O121:H19
Not Yet
Identified
Active
12/29/

2021

1052 E. coli
O157:H7
Packaged Salad Active
12/20/

2021

1039 Listeria
monocytogenes
Packaged Salad Active
12/15/

2021

1048 Listeria
monocytogenes
Packaged Salad Active
9/15/

2021

1031 Salmonella
Oranienburg
Red, Yellow,
and White Onions
Active

France – ROAST PORK COOKED SMOKED IN BEECH WOOD – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Food
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name ST CLEMENT BUTCHER
  • Model names or references ROAST PORK COOKED SMOKED IN BEECH WOOD
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Lot Dated
    210685000000 362 SL 2283309 Use-by date 02/01/2022
    210685000000 364 SL 2283307 Use-by date 02/03/2022
  • Packaging PLASTIC FILM – VARIABLE WEIGHT
  • Marketing start/end date From 30/12/2021 to 19/01/2022
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 56.140.006 CE
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Regions: Grand-Est
  • Distributors ALDI

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Possible presence of micro-organism (Listeria)
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

USA – Chopped Spinach recalled after positive Listeria test

Food Poison Journal

Frozen Food Development is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Lidl branded 12-ounce packages of Frozen Chopped Spinach because the product 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.

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.