USA – FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Fresh Salads and Wraps with Meat and Poultry due to Possible Lettuce Contamination – Deer Feces

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that ready-to-eat (RTE) salads and wraps with meat and poultry may contain contaminated lettuce. The lettuce, which is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), may be contaminated with deer feces. FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers are aware that this product should not be consumed.

The RTE salad and wrap products were produced on August 1, 2023, and August 2, 2023. The following products subject to the public health alert are [view labels]:

  • 8.65-oz. plastic film packages containing “Chicken Caesar Wrap FRESH SEASONS Kitchen” with lot code 21323 and 21423 and Sell by dates of 8/9/2023 and 8/10/2023.
  • 7.2-oz. plastic film packages containing “Chicken Caesar Wrap FRESH SEASONS Kitchen” with lot code 21323 and Fresh Thru date of 8/10/2023.
  • 8.5-oz. plastic clam shell packages containing “Chicken Caesar Salad FRESH SEASONS Kitchen” with lot code 21323 and Fresh Thru date of 8/9/2023.
  • 8.55-oz. plastic clam shell packages containing “Chef Salad FRESH SEASONS Kitchen” with lot codes 21323 and 21423 and Sell by dates of 8/9/2023 and 8/10/2023.
  • 5.85-oz. plastic clam shell packages containing “Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Salad FRESH SEASONS Kitchen” with lot codes 21323 and 21423 and Sell by dates of 8/9/2023 and 8/10/2023.

The products bear the establishment number “P-45091” or “Est. 45091” on the front label. The products were shipped to retail locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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France – 2 plain organic chicken thighs – Listeria monocytogenes

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Gov france

Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Meats
  • Product brand name Nature Organic
  • Model names or references 2 organic chicken thighs
  • Identification of products
    GTIN Batch Date
    3266980100339 2023086098 Use-by date 07/16/2023
    3266980100339 2023086098 Use-by date 07/17/2023
    3266980100339 2023086098 Use-by date 07/18/2023
  • Packaging plastic tray
  • Marketing start/end date From 07/07/2023 to 18/07/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 72.168.001 EC
  • Further information tray of 2 chicken thighs
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Whole France
  • Distributors cora, Match supermarkets, Migros

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France – Cheese – VERDAIS TOMETTE – Listeria monocytogenes

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Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Milk and dairy products
  • Product brand name FARM OF THE VERDAIS
  • Model names or references TOMETTE DES VERDAIS: ALL THE REFERENCES: NATURE / PEPPER / FENUGREEK / WILD GARLIC
  • Identification of products
    Batch Date
    All lots Date of minimum durability between 08/09/2023 and 09/15/2023
  • Packaging WHOLE PIECE 400gr HALF TOMETTE IN FRESH WRAPPED
  • Marketing start/end date From 06/28/2023 to 08/04/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 44.207.001 CE
  • Further information SMALL CHEESE 400gr, SOLD WHOLE OR IN HALF, BY THE CUT AND IN THE SELF-SERVICE CONTAINER IN STORES
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Departments: LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE (44)
  • Distributors LECLERC SIGN / SYSTEME U / INTERMARCHE SMALL STORES

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France – Raw Milk Cheese – L’ERDRE RACLETTE – Listeria monocytogenes

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Identification information of the recalled product

  • Product category Feed
  • Product subcategory Milk and dairy products
  • Product brand name FARM OF THE VERDAIS
  • Model names or references RACLETTE FROM L’ERDRE RACLETTE FROM L’ERDRE ORGANIC
  • Identification of products
    Batch Date
    All lots Date of minimum durability between 08/09/2023 and 09/15/2023
  • Packaging CUT CHEESE
  • Marketing start/end date From 06/28/2023 to 08/04/2023
  • Storage temperature Product to be stored in the refrigerator
  • Health mark EN 44.207.001 CE
  • Further information RAW MILK CHEESE BY THE CUT
  • Geographic area of ​​sale Departments: LOIRE-ATLANTIQUE (44)
  • Distributors SUPER U CARQUEFOU SUPER U NORT SUR ERDRE

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The Peruvian Army reports alleged food poisoning of 100 soldiers

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LIMA (AP) — The Peruvian Army reported Friday that 100 soldiers were taken to a Lima hospital after suffering severe stomach pains due to suspected food poisoning.

In an official statement, the Army said that the alleged mass poisoning occurred the day before in the 503 battalion that works in a barracks in the Peruvian capital. 23 soldiers were still hospitalized on Friday night in the military hospital due to dehydration.

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Hungary – dmBio raspberry puffed rice discs, from 8 months, 35 g- Aflatoxins

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NEBIH

Name of Product dmBio raspberry puffed rice discs, from 8 months, 35 g
Nature of the problem possible occurrence of aflatoxin content above the limit value
DetailsNébih asks customers not to consume the product that matches the identification data below!

Notifier: dm-drogerie markt Kft. (Törökbálint)

Product name: dmBio raspberry puffed rice discs, from 8 months, 35 g

Brand: dmBio

Picture of the product:

dmBio raspberry puffed rice discs, from 8 months, 35 g

Nature of the problem: possible occurrence of aflatoxin content above the limit value

Quality retention period: 04.06.2024.

Production number: NL 157

Packaging: 35 g

Distributor: dm-drogerie markt Kft. (Törökbálint)

Action: Product recall

DM stores take back the affected products even without a block – even if the packaging is opened. The store chain informed its customers about the recall on its website and on information posters displayed in stores.

You can read more about the nature of the problem here .

The product recall only applies to the product identified by the above data.

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Hong Kong – Dozens of kids taken to hospital with food poisoning

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Forty-four young people were taken to hospital on Monday following a suspected food poisoning outbreak at a Jockey Club camp in Tai Po.

An organiser said the group, aged 11 to 18, were suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting.

The children had been camping at the Hong Kong Award for Young People Jockey Club Duke of Edinburgh Training Camp in Lam Tsuen since Saturday, the organiser said.

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Afghanistan – 200 people suffer food poisoning in E. Afghanistan

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KHOST, Afghanistan, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — At least 200 people were sickened in food poisoning in east Afghanistan’s Khost province, an official said on Monday.

The incident occurred in Satkai village of Zazai Maidan district on Sunday evening when the villagers attended a charity meal, and all the victims had been taken to nearby hospitals and clinics, said provincial police spokesman Mustaghfar Garbaz.

Without providing more details, the official added that further investigations were underway.

In the meantime, villager and eyewitness Tahir Azimi claimed that around 400 people were sick with the charity meal.

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USA – Irrigation water likely link in Utah E. coli Outbreak

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Food Poison Journal

According to Utah health official and media, in the last two weeks, eight cases of E. coli (likely a shiga-toxin producing E. coli like E. coli O157:H7) were reported in Utah County residents, with at least five of the subjects hospitalized (likely with hemolytic uremic syndrome – HUS) due to the severity of symptoms.

Currently, all reported cases are residents of Lehi or have close ties to the city, says a statement from the Utah County Health Department.

Epidemiologists are working to identify the source of infection, it says. Preliminary investigation links the likely source of spread to using pressurized irrigation water for drinking and play.

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Pakistan – 100 factory workers hospitalised for food poisoning

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GUJRANWALA: About 100 workers fell ill after eating food from a factory in the Alipur Chatha on Friday.

The condition of 10 workers is said to be critical.

The incident happened in the plywood and chipboard manufacturing factory located on the Gujranwala Road. The condition of the workers deteriorated after having breakfast in the morning.

After having breakfast, about 100 workers fell ill. After their condition deteriorated, they were transferred to different hospitals where doctors diagnosed food poisoning.

The Alipur Chatha Rural Health Centre confirmed food poisoning. The assistant commissioner reviewed the situation while a committee was formed to probe the incident. After the patients were shifted to various hospitals across the region, emergency has been declared in hospitals.

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