New Zealand – The Little Bone Broth Company brand Premium Free Range Chicken Green Thai Curry Broth, Premium Free Range Chicken Broth and Premium Grass Fed Beef Broth – Lack of Processing Controls

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16 August 2024: The Little Bone Broth Company is recalling all batches and all dates of its Premium Free Range Chicken Green Thai Curry Broth, Premium Free Range Chicken Broth and Premium Grass Fed Beef Broth as there is incomplete information on the process controls.

USA – Patient counts increasing in Cyclospora and Salmonella outbreaks

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Patient counts in two outbreaks of Cyclospora cayetanensis have jumped in the past week.

Cyclospora cayetanensis is a parasite often associated with fresh produce.

For the outbreak of Cyclospora cayetanensis illnesses linked to a not yet identified product, the case count has increased from 2 to 21. The outbreak was first posted by the Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 8. The agency has begun traceback efforts but has not reported what food or foods are being traced.

In other outbreak news, an additional illness has been confirmed in a Salmonella Newport outbreak, bringing the total to three. The FDA first posted the outbreak on Aug. 7. The source of the pathogen has not yet been determined. The FDA has begun traceback efforts but has not reported what food or foods are being traced.

France – Salmonella outbreak linked to cheese sickens 70 in France

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More than 70 people have fallen sick in France in a Salmonella outbreak linked to cheese.

The 72 salmonellosis cases are linked to the consumption of Le Chasteau soft cheeses produced in Cantal by GAEC Deflisque between the beginning of March and the start of August.

Institut Pasteur and Santé publique France identified monophasic Salmonella typhimurium cases with similar characteristics in late July to early August.

RASFF Alerts – Salmonella – Polish Poultry Products – Brazilian Poultry Products – Tahini – Minced Meat -Walnut kernels – Infant Formula -Fuet – Raw Milk Sheeps Cheese –

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Salmonella in minced meat from Belgium in France

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Salmonella spp. in organic walnut kernels from the United States in Germany

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Salmonellosis case in an infant- infant formula from Ireland in the Netherlands

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Salmonella spp. in walnut kernels (raw material) from the United States in the Netherlands and Germany

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Salmonella spp. in fuet from Spain in Andora

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Salmonella in raw milk sheep’s cheeses from Spain in France

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Salmonella spp. present in chicken meat preparation from Brazil in the Netherlands

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Salmonella typhimurium monophasic in chilled minced mixed meat from Poland in the Czech Republic

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Salmonella in tahini from Syria in Austria

RASFF Alert- Campylobacter/Staphylococcus – Grilled Chicken

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Staphylococcus spp. and Campylobacter jejuni in grilled chicken from the Netherlands in Germany

RASFF Alert- E.coli – Pacific Oysters

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Detection of E. coli in Pacific oysters from France in Moldova

RASFF Alerts – Listeria monocytogenes – Sliced Bacon – Sausage – Raw Salmon

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Detected Listeria monocytogenes in one of 5 series sampling – Sliced bacon from Sweden in Finland

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Listeria monocytogenes in sausage from Slovakia in the Czech Republic

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Listeria monocytogenes in raw salmon from Norway, via France in Belgium

RASFF Alert- Ergot Mould/Moulds/Mycotoxins – Wheat

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Ergot sclerotia in wheat from France in Belgium

RASFF Alert- Ochratoxin A – Pistachio Powder

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Ochratoxin A in pistachio powder from Spain in Italy and Germany

RASFF Alerts – Aflatoxin – Dried Figs – Groundnuts – Peanut Paste

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Aflatoxin B1 (16,4 +/- 1,9 µg/kg) and sum of aflatoxins B1 B2 G1 G2 (24,0 +/- 2,4 µg/kg) in dried figs from Germany with raw material from Turkiye in Poland and Germany

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Aflatoxin B1 and total in Groundnuts from Argentina in the Netherlands

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Exceeding the MRL for aflatoxin B1 and the sum of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2 in peanut paste from Poland in Slovenia, UAE and UK