A food poisoning outbreak has affected 82 people, 14 of whom are now in hospital.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said the 82 people reported gastroenteritis symptoms after eating food prepared by Chilli Api Catering between March 10 and 12.
The catering company in Bedok North Street 5, Shimei East Kitchen, has been suspended by the SFA until further notice, they said in a statement last night.
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SINGAPORE – A satay seasoning product has been recalled after high levels of a cancer-causing toxin were detected in it, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) announced on Monday (March 15).
Instant Satay Spices by home-grown manufacturer Li Kwong Agencies Co was found to contain aflatoxins exceeding permitted levels.
SFA has directed the manufacturer to recall all batches of the product that bear the expiry date of Jan 19, 2022, and are sold in 50g and 500g packets.
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| Category 1: | For Action |
| Alert Notification: | 2021.20 update 2 |
| Product: | The Original SFC Chicken Poppets, pack size: 190g |
| Batch Code: | All best before dates up to, and including, 30.06.2022 |
| Country Of Origin: | United Kingdom |
Further to the FSAI’s food alert 2021.20, and 2021.20 update 1, SFC is extending the recall of its Chicken Poppets to all batches with best before dates up to, and including, 30 June 2022, due to the detection of Salmonella. Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in Tesco stores.
People infected with Salmonella typically develop symptoms between 12 and 36 hours after infection, but this can range between 6 and 72 hours. The most common symptom is diarrhoea, which can sometimes be bloody. Other symptoms may include fever, headache and abdominal cramps. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days. Diarrhoea can occasionally be severe enough to require hospital admission. The elderly, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are more likely to have a severe illness.
Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batches.
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An investigation is underway after some residents, including children in a kindergarten in Ji’nan, East China’s Shandong Province, contracted the norovirus, according to the local authorities.
On March 11, some members of a residential community in Ji’nan, including some children from a kindergarten, were reported to be suffering syndromes of vomiting and diarrhea. District disease control and prevention personnel had taken samples of water, vomitus and related food for immediate further investigation.
Three children were sent to the hospital, but no severe cases were reported, and norovirus was detected in their vomit, the local authorities said on March 12.
The district education authority has temporarily closed the kindergarten and carried out a disinfection of its premises, and also taught children and parents on how to prevent norovirus infection.
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This report summarises the number and characteristics of confirmed cases of listeriosis in England and Wales in 2019:
Listeriosis remains a rarely reported disease, with 0.24 cases per 100,000 population. Despite a decline in reported cases in 2019, the number of outbreaks (4) of listeriosis remained comparable to previous years. The outcome of listeriosis in pregnancy remains severe with over a third resulting in miscarriage or stillbirth. Mortality amongst non-pregnancy cases remained high, with a case fatality rate of 12.8%. An early peak in listeriosis cases was identified as a national outbreak, and food incidents linked to sporadic cases were identified through the analysis of strain relatedness using whole genome sequence data.
As a predominantly foodborne infection, this severe disease is largely preventable. It remains imperative that sporadic cases of illness and clusters of disease continue to be monitored and investigated to inform the continued risk assessment of the food chain.
At least 164 students have been taken to hospitals in Pingtung County since Thursday evening (March 11) after developing symptoms of food poisoning.
Students from Donggang Senior High School began to display symptoms associated with food poisoning — including stomach cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea — after arriving home from school on Thursday. The school said it began to receive calls from parents at 11 p.m. and that a total of 231 students had called in sick on Friday.
As of press time, 121 of the 164 students who sought treatment at Fooyin University Hospital and Antai Hospital had been discharged, leaving 43 still hospitalized for further observation. Since all the patients had eaten food sourced from the same supplier, the authorities suspect the outbreak is a case of mass food poisoning and have sent samples of the school lunch to a medical laboratory for analysis.
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Recall of Canis Purus
Product: Rund Menu frozen sausage (dog food).
Problem: presence of Salmonella.
In agreement with the AFSCA, Canis Purus is withdrawing from sale the product Rund Menu (frozen sausage – dog food) and is recalling it to consumers because of the presence of Salmonella.
Canis Purus asks its customers not to give this product to their pets and to return it to the point of sale, ANIMALS (Toleikstraat 13, 3960 Bree) where it was purchased. They will be reimbursed.
Product description
– Product name: Rund Menu
– Brand: Canis Purus
– Date of minimum durability (DDM) (“
Best before (or end)”): 01/12/2021 – Batch number: 201201
– Sales period: from 12/01/2020 to 02/19/2021
– Type of packaging: Frozen sausage
– Weight: 500 g / 1000 g
The product was sold via ANIMALS (Toleikstraat 13, 3960 Bree)
For any further information , contact:
Paredis Stef
0032 479 692 721
stef@animaux-bree.be
Listeria
Reference is made to the attached press release from the food company.
Baden-Württemberg:poststelle@mlr.bwl.de
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Detection of verotoxin-producing E. coli
Baden-Württemberg:poststelle@mlr.bwl.de
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