Dunn’s Dairy of Beacon View Farm, Devon, has recalled all date codes of its milk and cream products because of possible cross contamination of milk and insufficient heat processing. If you have bought any dairy products that have come from this farm, please do not drink or eat them. The Agency has issued a Product Information Recall Notice.
A Michigan company is recalling its sunflower seeds and snack mixes made with the seeds because these products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria.
Lipari Foods of Warren, MI — located north of Detroit — issued a voluntary recall of its Raw Sunflower Seeds, Roasted Sunflower Seeds and Snack Mixes Wednesday after sampling by the Michigan Department of Agriculture revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in raw sunflower seeds sold at retailers.
Products subject to the recall include 52 items that were distributed between April 5 and June 11, 2013 to manufacturers and retailers in nine states in the Midwest and East, including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
RASFF – Salmonella Senftenberg (present /25g) in soyabean meal dehulled from Argentina in Ireland
RASFF – Salmonella infantis (presence /25g) in fresh ambadi ivs (Hibiscus sabdariffa) leaves from India in Finland
RASFF – Salmonella Virchow (present in 3 out of 5 /25g) in chilled pork sausages from Poland in Latvia
RASFF – Salmonella infantis (presence /25g) in frozen chicken from Brazil in Bulgaria
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A Victorian egg supplier is under investigation and one person has ongoing health issues following Canberra’s largest salmonella outbreak, which has left health professionals ”struck by the severity” of the symptoms and high infection rate.
The outbreak, which affected 140 people and hospitalised 15 in mid-May, was traced back to raw egg mayonnaise served at the Copa Brazilian restaurant in Dickson. But ACT Chief Health Officer Dr Paul Kelly confirmed on Wednesday that the focus had turned to an egg producer in Victoria who supplied eggs to the Copa.
Raw milk products from Pure Éire dairy in Othello are being recalled due to the possibility of E. coli contamination.
Dairy owner Richard Smith said the company is voluntarily recalling its organic raw milk products dated June 8 and later. The recalled milk is sold in half-gallon glass and plastic containers and one-gallon plastic containers.
Settler’s Country Market is the only retailer in Grant and Adams counties that sells the recalled milk products
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RASFF -Salmonella Newport (presence /25g) in dried pizzles from India in Germany
RASFF – Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in fish meal from Morocco in Poland
RASFF – Salmonella spp. (presence /25g) in frozen poultry meat (Gallus gallus) from Brazil in Spain
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 12.7; Tot. = 16.4 µg/kg – ppb) in spicy coated peanuts from India in the UK
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 4.8 µg/kg – ppb) in groundnut kernels from China in the Netherlands
RASFF – Aflatoxins (B1 = 32.4; Tot. = 40.1 µg/kg – ppb) in whole nutmegs from Indonesia in the UK
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The hepatitis A outbreak associated with Townsend Farms berries sold at Costco has sickened at least 37 people in six states and raised a lot of questions. One of them is how does food become contaminated with hepatitis A?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated the Hepatitis A outbreak associated with Townsend Farms Organic Anti-Oxdant Blend frozen berry and pomegranate mix. Now 49 people are sick with acute Hepatitis A in seven states. And eleven people have been hospitalized. The numbers are most likely going to change every day.
Harris Teeter is recalling frozen mixed berries that may be contaminated with hepatitis A. The Matthews, NC-based grocery chain said Tuesday that it is removing Harris Teeter Organics Antioxidant Berry Blend from its stores out of an abundance of caution because its berry supplier is Townsend Farms Inc. which has been associated with an outbreak of hepatitis A that has sickened 37 people in six states. That product contained mixed berrie and pomegranate seeds.
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