NEWS PLUS | Issue 47
November 29, 2019
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1. 'Not enough pork in the world’ to deal with China’s demand for meat
23.11.2019. Global. African Swine Fever
With hundreds of millions of pigs dead from swine fever, exporters are scrambling to fill the gap and prices are soaring, and the risk remains that ASF could be headed for Germany and towards the UK.
Source: The Guardian
2. Multiple meat items Listeria positive from 2017 in 2 country outbreak
29.11.2019. Europe. Listeria
An assessment by two European agencies has confirmed a Listeria outbreak from cold meat in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Source: Food Safety News
3. 18 ill in E. coli outbreak linked to dairy products; pasteurization problem cited
28.11.2019. UK. E.coli
A dairy in an English town has been linked to an outbreak of E. coli, with 18 people sick. Darwin’s Dairy has been advised to recall all whole, skimmed and semi-skimmed milk and cream products currently in circulation.
Source: Food Safety News
4. Tons of chicken fried rice recalled for plastic pieces
25.11.2019. USA. Recall
Ajinomoto Foods North America Inc., in Oakland, Miss., is recalling about 172,692 pounds of chicken fried rice products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of plastic, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
Source: Meatingplace
5. Dozens added to patient tally in E. coli outbreak linked to romaine
26.11.2019. USA. E. coli
Since the previous update four days ago, an additional 27 people have been confirmed sick in an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. As of today, Nov. 25, a total of 67 people are confirmed infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7
Source: Food Safety News
6. More patients confirmed in multi-state outbreak of hepatitis A linked to blackberries
27.11.2019. USA. Hepatitis A
The patient count in a multi-state hepatitis A outbreak traced to fresh blackberries continues to rise, even though the berries were sold two months ago.
Source: Food Safety News
7. CDC reports that raw turkey salmonella outbreak cases persist
25.11.2019. USA. Salmonella
Although the investigation was closed last spring, a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Reading linked to raw turkey products from 2017-2019 continues to be a concern, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published Nov. 22.
Source: Meatingplace
8. Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli survives storage in wheat flour for two years
27.11.2019. Canada. E.coli
Wheat flour has recently been recognised as an exposure vehicle for the foodborne pathogen Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC). Wheat flour milled on two sequential production days in October 2016, and implicated in a Canada wide outbreak of STEC O121:H19, was analysed for the presence of STEC in November 2018.
Source: Barf Blog
9. Salmonella outbreak was first linked to tomatoes in Sweden
27.11.2019. Sweden. Salmonella
Researchers have described the first outbreak of Salmonella in Sweden that had small tomatoes as the likely source of infection.
Source: Food Safety News
10. Study details human body’s response to Salmonella infection
29.11.2019. Global. Salmonella
Researchers have shown how the human body fights back in response to Salmonella infections. Their work has shown that blood stem cells respond in the first few hours following infection by acquiring energy from bone marrow support cells.
Source: Food Safety News
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