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UK – FSA Recall – The Engine Shed Recalls Various Batches of their Vacuum-Packed Organic Tofu Due to a Potential Risk of Botulism

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Various batches of vacuum-packed Organic Tofu have been produced with inadequate controlling factors to prevent the growth and toxin production of Clostridium botulinum. This may cause a serious form of food poisoning called botulism. A recall from customers is being carried out as a precautionary measure.

List of recalled products
Product name Size Use by date
Organic Plain Tofu 300g 31/03/14 until 23/05/14
Organic Plain Tofu 1kg 31/03/14 until 23/05/14
Organic Smoked Tofu 250g 31/03/14 until 23/05/14
Organic Tofu Burgers 250g 31/03/14 until 23/05/14

If you have purchased any of the above products before Friday 25 April 2014, please do not consume these products. Instead, return the product to the store where you it purchased from. Any of the above products purchased on or after Friday 25 April 2014 which have both a use-by date and a new batch code (beginning with 000001) are safe to consume as per instructions on the back of the packaging.

No other products are known to be affected.

Canada -CFIA – Clostridium botulinum – Rice Porridge with Abalone

CFIA CIFA

Korea Food Trading Ltd. is recalling Rice Porridge with Abalone from the marketplace because it may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.

Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
N/A (Korean Characters Only) Rice Porridge with Abalone 288 g 2015-01-24 8 83298 61617 3
What you should do

Check to see if you have recalled product in your home. Recalled product should be thrown out or returned to the store where it was purchased.

Food contaminated with Clostridium botulinum toxin may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, fatigue, dizziness, blurred or double vision, dry mouth, respiratory failure and paralysis. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

Background

This recall was triggered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) inspection activities. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.

The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing recalled product from the marketplace

USA – Recall – Salted Fish – Clostridium botulinum

Botulism blog Clost

Lao Thai Nam Corp., of Dallas, Texas is recalling Number One Sompa Salted Fish, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death. Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled.

 

Canada – Bacon Spread Recall- Clostridium botulinum

CFIACIFA

Kitchen by Brad Smoliak is recalling Bacon spread from the marketplace because it may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.

The following product has been sold in Alberta.

 Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
Kitchen by Brad Smoliak Bacon by brad smoliak 125 g or 125 ml Best Before 14 MA 14 and 14 JL 14 6 27843 01328 0

Canada – CFIA Recall – Liver Pate – Clostridium botulinum

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Webbers Food is recalling “Hausmacher” liver pâté from the marketplace because it may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.

The following product has been sold in glass jars with no label only from November 13, 2013 to December 5, 2013, inclusively, at the following locations in Nova Scotia:

  • Hammonds Plains Farmers’ Market, Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia
  • Lunenburg Farmers’ Market, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Code(s) on Product UPC
N/A “Hausmacher” liver pâté N/A N/A N/A
 What you should do
Check to see if you have recalled product in your home. Recalled product should be thrown out.

Food contaminated with Clostridium botulinum toxin may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include nausea, vomiting, fatigue, dizziness, blurred or double vision, dry mouth, respiratory failure and paralysis. In severe cases of illness, people may die.

UK – Food Standards Agency Recall – Possible Clostridium Issue

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Village Park Meats Ltd recalls batches of its vacuum packed, cooked, sliced meats due to inadequate controlling factors to prevent growth of Clostridium botulinum.

During an inspection it was established that an extended shelf-life was being applied to all vacuum packed cooked meats, despite the fact that production records indicated a 10-day shelf-life was being applied.  Due to inadequate controlling factors to prevent growth and toxin production of Clostridium botulinum, a recall is being carried out as a precautionary measure. Village Park Meats Ltd has recalled all affected batches detailed in the link above.

Research – Information Clostridium botulinum

Food Poisoning Journal

Botulism is a rare, life-threatening paralytic illness caused by neurotoxins produced by an anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. Unlike Clostridium perfringens, which requires the ingestion of large numbers of viable cells to cause symptoms, the symptoms of botulism are caused by the ingestion of highly toxic, soluble exotoxins produced by C. botulinum while growing in foods.

Italy – Alert Over Clostridium botulinum – Olives

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The Ministry of Health has launched an alert for botulism involving two lots of olives brand Bel Colle.  The alarm goes back to November 26, 2013 following the emergency admission at the hospital Morgagni Forlì, a patient with severe symptoms due to suspected poisoning from Clostridium botulinum.

Canada -CFIA Recall Hot Dog Relish – Clostridium botulinum

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Orange Blossom Farm is recalling Hot Dog Relish from the marketplace because it may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below.

 Recalled products

Brand Name Common Name Size Additional Info
None Hot Dog Relish 500 ml Sold at St. Jacob’s Farmers’ Market in Ontario.

USA Research – New Clostridium botulinum Strain

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Scientists have discovered a new strain—the first in 40 years—of Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that is ultimately responsible for causing botulism. And although they have reported their findings in a scientific journal, the investigators have taken the extraordinary step of withholding key details of the discovery. That’s because the toxins made by C. botulinum are the most dangerous known to humankind and currently there is no antidote for a toxin generated by the new strain. The fear is that malevolent organizations or rogue governments might use the information to reverse engineer their own version of the new bug, making it a potent and real bioterrorism threat.