Canada – President’s Choice brand and Taylor Farms brand Mexican-Style Street Corn Salad Kits recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on February 8, 2024 by | Leave a comment

CFIA

Product
Mexican-Style Street Corn Salad Kits
Issue
Food – Microbial Contamination – Listeria
What to do

Do not consume, use, sell, serve, or distribute recalled products

Distribution
National
President's Choice - Chopped Mexican-Style Street Corn Salad Kit - 285 g - Front
President's Choice - Chopped Mexican-Style Street Corn Salad Kit - 285 g - Lot code
Taylor Farms - Mexican Style Street Corn Salad Kit (2 pack) - 2 x 335 g - Front
Taylor Farms - Mexican Style Street Corn Salad Kit (2 pack) - 2 x 335 g - Lot code.

Issue

The affected products are being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. These products were made using cheese recalled by Rizo-López Foods, Inc. in association with an outbreak investigation in the US.

What you should do

  • If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, contact your healthcare provider
  • Check to see if you have recalled products
  • Do not consume, serve, use, sell, or distribute 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.

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Research – Power Law for Estimating Under-detection of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks, United States

Posted on February 7, 2024 by | Leave a comment

CDC

Abstract

We fit a power law distribution to US foodborne disease outbreaks to assess under-detection and underreporting. We predicted that 788 fewer than expected small outbreaks were identified annually during 1998–2017 and 365 fewer during 2018–2019, after whole-genome sequencing was implemented. Power law can help assess effectiveness of public health interventions.

Each year in the United States, >800 foodborne outbreaks are reported, causing >14,000 illnesses and >800 hospitalizations (1–3). Foodborne outbreaks range from small, localized outbreaks, such as those associated with a locally contaminated meal shared by family or friends, to large, multistate outbreaks associated with a contaminated food that is widely distributed. Selection and information biases, pathogen testing methods, and outbreak size can affect detection, investigation, and reporting (4). However, few methods are available to estimate the extent of outbreak under detection and underreporting.

Outbreaks can be considered natural occurrences with a mathematical relationship between frequency and size. Several studies have used a power law distribution, where one variable is proportional to the power of another, to help describe disease outbreaks or transmission (5–9). We examined the mathematical relationship between foodborne outbreak frequency and size to estimate the number of expected outbreaks of different sizes, comparing power law, log-normal, and exponential distributions by using censored and complete data to clarify under detection and underreporting.

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Research – The financial impact of foodborne illness outbreaks at restaurants: Chipotle Mexican Grill

Posted on February 7, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Wiley Online

As demand for food away from home increases, outbreaks at restaurants become an important source of food-related illness. In the United States, over 60% of foodborne illness outbreaks occur at restaurants and 97% of outbreaks are limited to a single state. Despite this, we currently know little about restaurant outbreaks and in particular, single-state outbreaks are not well understood. We use Chipotle Mexican Grill’s eight outbreaks (2015–2018) to evaluate the media and stock market responses to both single and multistate outbreaks. Using news and stock market data, we provide evidence that multistate outbreaks brought swift stock price declines and single-state outbreaks’ impact depended on their timing, rather than their severity. Before Chipotle’s more well-known, multistate outbreaks, the firm’s single-state outbreaks brought little reporting and no financial losses, whereas after the multistate food safety events, single-state events resulted in national media coverage and large financial impacts. Our findings are consistent with the literature on food scares that can result in chronic low-level anxiety, which can bring about a large resurgence of concern for smaller outbreaks. The lessons learned from Chipotle’s case underscore the importance of investment in outbreak prevention. [G14 (Information and Market Efficiency, Event Studies, Insider Trading)].

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Research – USA – Study: Multistate foodborne illness outbreaks change public perception of restaurants

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The Packer

Multistate foodborne illness outbreaks bring swift financial losses to restaurants, increased media attention and an environment that makes subsequent smaller outbreaks more financially damaging, a new study says.

The research, from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s consumer economics professor Maria Kalaitzandonakes, said that more than 60% of foodborne illness outbreaks in the U.S. occur at restaurants, according to a news release.

Most of those outbreaks are confined to a single state, however, when restaurants experience multistate outbreaks — as did the fast-casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill in 2015 — that can lead to a stock market penalty, substantial negative news media coverage and a discernible change for the worse in how investors and the public view the company’s smaller outbreaks, according to Kalaitzandonakes.

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France – Pepper Mackerel Fillets – Provençal Mackerel Fillets – Listeria monocytogenes

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Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Fishing and aquaculture products
Product brand name
Bourgain et fils and Grand Frais
Model names or references
Mackerel Fillets with pepper 200g Provençal Mackerel Fillets 200g
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
3284570000623 044051 Use-by date 02/20/2024
3284570002092 044051 Use-by date 02/20/2024
3284570002092 044052 Use-by date 02/21/2024
3284570000210 044051 Use-by date 02/14/2024
3284570000210 044052 Use-by date 02/15/2024
3284570002108 044045 Use-by date 02/17/2024
3284570002108 044051 Use-by date 02/20/2024
3284570000340 044051 Use-by date 02/14/2024
Products List
List_of_products_concerned_by_the_recalls_MAQUEREAUX_044.pdfAttachment
Packaging
Vacuum or atmosphere tray 200g
Start/end date of marketing
From 01/29/2024 to 02/21/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
FR 62160108 CE
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
Scapmarée-Carrefour-Grand Frais
List of points of sale
List_of_products_concerned_by_the_recalls_MAQUEREAUX_044_Adresses_clients.pdf

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France – MSC HADDOCK NET – Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on February 7, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Fishing and aquaculture products
Product brand name
My little fishmonger
Model names or references
MSC FILET HADDOCK, vacuum tray, variable weight
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
2298106000002 2095022 Use-by date 01/28/2024
2298106000002 2095409 Use-by date 01/29/2024
2298106000002 2097565 Use-by date 02/03/2024
2298106000002 2097791 Use-by date 02/04/2024
2298106000002 2098342 Use-by date 05/02/2024
Packaging
vacuum tray, variable weight
Start/end date of marketing
From 01/18/2024 to 02/05/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
FR 47 091 046
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
INTERMARCHE, LECLERC, BOUCHERIES ANDRE, FRANPRIX, COEUR DE FRAIS, INTERMARCHE, MDF, CONSOMACTECOEUR47, MONOPRIX, SECOURS POPULAR, EAJ, SUPER U, O MARCHE FRAIS, CARREFOUR, MERICQ BOUTIQUE AGEN

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France -MILD SMOKED HERRING FILLET – Listeria monocytogenes

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Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Fishing and aquaculture products
Product brand name
UNBRANDED
Model names or references
SWEET HERRING FILLET
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
2298105000003 2097332 Use-by date 02/04/2024
2298105000003 2097792 Use-by date 02/04/2024
2298105000003 2098344 Use-by date 02/04/2024
Packaging
vacuum tray, variable weight
Start/end date of marketing
From 01/23/2024 to 02/04/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
FR 47 091 046
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
FRANPRIX, COEUR DE FRAIS, CARREFOUR CONTACT, MDF, CONSOMACTECOEUR47, ADOR, SUPER U, O MARCHE FRAIS, SAVEURS D’ICI, MERICQ BOUTIQUE AGEN

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Peanuts From China Most Common Nuts Reported for Aflatoxin Contamination in EU

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Food Safety.com

Aflatoxin-contaminated nuts and seeds dominated mycotoxin notifications made through the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) between 2011 and 2021, according to a recent study.

RASFF is a platform for exchanging information about food safety incidents between EU Member States. For the present study, the researchers aimed to discover the extent to which nuts were responsible for RASFF mycotoxin notifications in recent years. Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites that present serious threats to public health, and the most prevalent, toxic, and carcinogenic mycotoxins observed in human food and animal feed are aflatoxins.

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Posted in Aflatoxin, Aspergillus Toxin, Food Microbiology Research, Food Toxin, Mold Toxin, Mould Toxin, Mycotoxin, Research

Malta – Blueberries – Freshona, Mirtilli giganti americani – Norovirus

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Malta Health Service

Name of product on label: Mirtilli giganti americani (frozen product)
Brand: Freshona
Weight: 500g
Lot number: LP3144DL7
Durability date: 05/2025
For further information, the public is kindly requested to contact the Health Inspectorate Services between 8:00
a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on telephone number 21337333 or by email on admin.ehd@gov.mt. The public is also being

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Canada – Bauman’s Country Meat Shop brand Summer Sausages recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Posted on February 7, 2024 by | Leave a comment

CFIA

Product
Summer Sausages
Issue
Food – Microbial Contamination – Listeria
What to do

Do not consume, use, sell, serve, or distribute recalled products

Distribution
Ontario
Bauman's Country Meat Shop - Large Summer Sausage - 1 count (~7 lb) - Label
Bauman's Country Meat Shop - Large Summer Sausage - 1 count (~7 lb) - Unit
Bauman's Country Meat Shop - Small Summer Sausage - 1 count (~3 lb) - Label
Bauman's Country Meat Shop - Small Summer Sausage - 1 count (~3 lb) - Unit

The affected products are being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

What you should do

  • If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, contact your healthcare provider
  • Check to see if you have recalled products
  • Do not consume, serve, use, sell, or distribute 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.

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