Canada – Certain Fresh Express brand salad products recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

CFIA

Fresh Express - Sweet Butter Salad

Fresh Express - American Salad

Fresh Express - Baby Spinach

Fresh Express - Chopped Kit Asian 

Fresh Express - Chopped Kit Southwest

Fresh Express - Chopped Kit Sunflower Crisp 

Fresh Express - Kit Bacon Caesar 

Fresh Express - Kit Caesar Supreme 

Fresh Express - Green & Crisp Salad

Fresh Express - Hearts of Romaine 

Fresh Express - Iceberg Garden Salad (680g)

Fresh Express - Organic Salad Kit Organic Classic Caesar

Fresh Express - Organic Salad Kit Organic Sweet Dijon Onion

Fresh Express - Garden Shreds Iceberg

Fresh Express - Spinach 

Fresh Express - Twisted Caesar Chopped Salad Kit Asian Caesar

Fresh Express - Twisted Caesar Chopped Salad Kit Avocado Caesar 

Fresh Express - Twisted Caesar Chopped Salad Kit Classic Caesar

Fresh Express - Veggie Lover's Salad

Product
Salad products
Issue
Food » Microbial Contamination » Listeria
What to do

Do not consume the recalled products

Affected products

Brand Product Size UPC Codes
Fresh Express Organic Salad Kit Organic Sweet Dijon Onion 215 g 0 71279 30950 7 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Organic Salad Kit Organic Classic Caesar 278 g 0 71279 78713 8 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Iceberg Garden Salad 340 g 0 71279 10412 6 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Kit Caesar Supreme 298 g 0 71279 30214 0 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Kit Caesar Salad 278 g 0 71279 30215 7 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express 3 Color Deli Coleslaw – Garden 397 g 0 71279 12302 8 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Kit Bacon Caesar 283 g 0 71279 30109 9 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Iceberg Garden Salad 680 g 0 71279 10413 3 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Spinach 454 g 0 71279 13208 2 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Twisted Caesar Chopped Salad Kit Asian Caesar 272 g 0 71279 30212 6 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Chopped Kit Sunflower Crisp 320 g 0 71279 30933 0 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Chopped Kit Southwest 326 g 0 71279 30930 9 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Chopped Kit Asian 349 g 0 71279 30929 3 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Sweet Butter Salad 170 g 0 71279 22104 5 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Garden Shreds Iceberg 227 g 0 71279 10708 0 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Twisted Caesar Chopped Salad Kit Classic Caesar 266 g 0 71279 30211 9 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Veggie Lover’s Salad 312 g 0 71279 28106 3 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Green & Crisp Salad 312 g 0 71279 10813 1 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Spinach 227 g 0 71279 13207 5 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Hearts of Romaine 255 g 0 71279 26115 7 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express American Salad 312 g 0 71279 24103 6 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Twisted Caesar Chopped Salad Kit Avocado Caesar 275 g 0 71279 30926 2 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”
Fresh Express Baby Spinach 142 g 0 71279 27123 1 All packages bearing a lot code beginning with “Z324” through “Z350”

Issue

Fresh Express Incorporated is recalling certain Fresh Express brand salad products from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

The recalled products have been sold in Manitoba and Ontario and may have been distributed in other provinces and territories.

Product codes are located on the front of the packages below the Use-By Date, as shown below.

What you should do

  • If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, call your doctor
  • Check to see if you have the recalled products in your home
  • Do not consume the recalled products
  • Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased

Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn or even stillbirth. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

Czech Republic – Delicate Sausages – Listeria monocytogenes

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Place of inspection:
Velka Dobra ( Karlovarska 64, 27361 Velka Dobra )
Company ID: 05695503
Unsatisfactory parameter: Listeria monocytogenes

The pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes was detected in the product . This bacterium can cause a condition called listeriosis.

Expiration date: 11/10/2021
Producer: Tomáš Aulický – butcher and sausage
Country of origin:  Czechia
Sampling date: 4. 11. 2021
Reference number: 21-000091-SVS-CZ
The sample was found by an official inspection of the State Veterinary Administration

Czech Republic – Rabbit Thighs – Salmonella

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Illustration photo no. 1

Place of inspection:
Prague 4 ( Michelská 792/2, Michle, 14000 Prague 4 )
ID: 25763776
Food group: Meat and meat products / Packaged meat

rabbit thighs
Category: Dangerous food
Unsatisfactory parameter:

Salmonella Enterica serum. Enteritidis

The pathogenic bacterium Salmonella Enterica serum was detected in frozen rabbit meat . Enteritidis . This bacterium can cause a condition called Salmonellosis.

Date of minimum durability: 5/31/2025
Packaging: Plastic foil
Quantity of product in package: 1 kg
Producer: CN 3700/03442 China
Country of origin:  China
Sampling date: 12. 11. 2021
Reference number: 21-000089-SVS-CZ
The sample was found by an official inspection of the State Veterinary Administration.

Czech Republic – Chicken China Curry – Salmonella

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Place of inspection:
Lysa nad Labem ( Jedlickova 1805, 28922 Lysa nad Labem )
Company ID: 07387156
Unsatisfactory parameter:

Salmonella enterica serum. Enteritidis

The pathogenic bacterium Salmonella enterica serum was detected in the meat preparation . Enteritis s. This bacterium can cause a condition called salmonellosis.

Expiration date: 11.2021
Producer: ZEMAN meat – sausages
Country of origin:  Czechia
Sampling date: 10. 11. 2021
Reference number: 21-000090-SVS-CZ
The sample was found by an official inspection of the State Veterinary Administration.

Denmark – Mold/Mould in gluten-free bread

DVFA

Allergikost A / S is recalling gluten-free dark wholemeal bread in slices due to the presence of mold in the products.

Recalled Foods , Published: December 21, 2021

Which food:
G-Foods Dark wholemeal bread in slices (gluten-free) ( see picture)
Net content: 500g
Best before date: 18.03.2022
Lot no .: 18.03.2022
EAN code: 4250208850143

Sold in:
Bilka, Føtex and via Føtex home delivery .

Company recalling:
Allergikost A / S.

Cause:
The company has found that there is a risk of mold in the products.

Risk:
Mold formation makes the products unsuitable as food.

Advice for consumers: The Danish
Veterinary and Food Administration advises consumers to deliver the products back to the store where they were purchased or to discard them.

France – Basque pâté with Espelette pepper – Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identifying information for the recalled product

  • Product category Food
  • Product sub-category Others
  • Product brand name Not concerned
  • Names of models or references Basque pâté with Espelette pepper
  • Product identification
    GTIN Lot
    3493600001947 Not concerned
  • Packaging Product presented without packaging in the traditional department
  • Start date / End of marketing From 25/11/2021 to 13/12/2021
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Further information Product sold in the traditional charcuterie department at the E. Leclerc Ussel center between 11/25/2021 and 12/13/2021
  • Geographical sales area Ussel
  • Distributors E. Leclerc Ussel

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Detection and enumeration of monocytogenic listeria (<10 cfu / g)
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

France – PONT L’EVEQUE AOP RAW MILK – E.coli and Listeria monocytogenes

Gov france

Identifying in formation for the recalled product

  • Product category Food
  • Product sub-category Milk and dairy products
  • Product brand name EUGENE GRAINDORGE
  • Names of models or references PONT L’EVEQUE AOP RAW MILK
  • Product identification
    GTIN Lot Dated
    0202096000000 Portion of 200g Use-by date 12/28/2021
  • Packaging200G
  • Start date / End of marketing From 12/03/2021 to 12/19/2021
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health markFR.14.371.001 CE
  • Further information PRODUCT SOLD BY THE SHELF CUT CHEESE
  • Geographical sales area Leclerc Saint Lubin des Joncherets
  • Distributors AVREDIS-Leclerc Saint Lubin des Joncherets

Practical information regarding the recall

  • Reason for recall Presence of E.coli and Listeria
  • Risks incurred by the consumer Escherichia coli
    Listeria monocytogenes (causative agent of listeriosis)

Cruise ship outbreak: More than 100 sickened on recent Viking Sea voyage – Cause Unknown

Outbreak News Today

The Centers for Disease Control Prevention Vessel Sanitation Program (CDC-VSP) reported that 118 passengers and crew on a recent voyage of the Viking Cruises, Viking Sea, were sickened with diarrhoea due to a gastrointestinal illness of unknown etiology.

The voyage, which took place November 29–December 13, 2021, resulted in 114 of 640 (17.8%) passengers and 4 of 404 (1.0%) crew members sickened.

In response to the outbreak, Viking Cruises and the crew aboard the ship reported the following actions:

  • Increased cleaning and disinfection procedures according to the ship’s outbreak prevention and response plan.
  • Collected stool specimens from passenger and/or crew gastrointestinal illness cases and sent specimens for testing.
  • Sent daily reports of gastrointestinal illness cases to VSP.

VSP is monitoring the situation and the ship’s outbreak response and sanitation procedures.

Scotland- FSS – Advice Feeder Mice and Salmonella

HPS

21 December 2021

Article: 55/5107

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are reminding reptile owners who have purchased certain frozen feeder mice for their pets to take extra precautions in order to avoid contracting salmonellosis. An outbreak of Salmonella has been linked to specific frozen mice products and as a result, a product recall information notice detailing affected products has been issued.

FSS and the FSA are instructing reptile owners and others who have a supply of the affected frozen mice to return them to the place of purchase so they can be carefully disposed of. They are also warning people to be extra careful when handling any frozen rodents, not just the batches identified, due to the risk of Salmonella from other batches linked to this recall.

Since the outbreak was first reported in 2015, there have been almost 900 cases of illness. FSS and the FSA advise that the risk to the general public is considered to be very low.

Source: FSS, 14 December 2021

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