NEWS PLUS+ Issue 40 | 11.10.2019
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1. Chicken recall No. 13 in Canada; U.S. still looking for outbreak cause
10.10.2019. Canada/USA. Listeria
Another recall involving diced chicken is underway amidst an international listeriosis outbreak. This time it’s chicken salad packaged for Canada’s Longo’s grocery chain.
Source: Food Safety News
2. Tomatoes linked to Salmonella outbreak in Sweden; 70 infected
10.10.2019. Sweden. Salmonella
Tomatoes are the probable source of a Salmonella outbreak in Sweden that affected 70 people, according to public health officials.
Source: Food Safety News
3. Korea completes culling, China grows big pigs and concerns over European prices
10.10.2019. Global. African Swine Fever
The South Korean government said it has completed culling of pigs at all sites confirmed to have been infected with ASF as it continues efforts to contain spread of the disease that has ravaged Asia. In Europe, the pigmeat industry has raised concerns over the challenges caused by ongoing rises in prices.
Source 1: Meating Place
Source 2: Global Meat News
4. Brexit threats to UK food standards and NI/Ireland meat and dairy products
10.10.2019. UK/Ireland. Brexit
A leaked government paper warns that the UK’s efforts to strike a US trade deal could ‘severely limit’ Britain’s ability to negotiate an equivalent agreement with the EU, reports the Financial Times, while New Food outlines the immediate threats to the dairy and meat industries of a Northern Ireland border.
Source 1: Financial Times
Source 2: New Food
5. Dutch airline may have served Listeria contaminated meat
09.10.2019. Netherlands. Listeria
Dutch airline KLM has issued a warning after it came out that meat products from a Dutch processor linked to a current Listeria outbreak may have been served on some of its flights.
Source: Food Safety News
6. Firms warned of ‘constant’ bird flu threat
07.10.2019. UK. Avian Influenza
The UK government has issued a warning to poultry producers in the wake of the remaining threat from winter avian flu.
Source: Food Manufacture
7. Study offers insight into revised E. coli guidelines in Norway
10.10.2019. Norway. Guidelines
A revision of Shiga-toxin producing E. coli guidelines in Norway was helped by a survey and new scientific evidence.
Source: Food Safety News
8. UK allergy-related food recalls may rise further after Natasha’s Law
08.10.2019. UK. Recall
Food recalls over allergy fears are a growing problem in the UK, says a report.
Source: Food Navigator
9. South Africa boosts processed meat rules to avoid Listeria repeat
04.10.2019. South Africa. Listeria
South Africa has tightened regulations for processed meat products to try to avoid a repeat of the listeriosis outbreak in 2017 and 2018. A total of 1,060 cases were confirmed and 216 people died.
Source: Food Safety News
10. Undercooked pork a factor in Singapore’s Hepatitis E increase
11.10.2019. Singapore. Hepatitus E
Some of the rise in hepatitis E infections in Singapore may be linked to eating undercooked pork, according to a study.
Source: Food Safety News
11. CDC blames new Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak on pet turtles
11.10.2019. USA. Salmonella
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that turtles have infected 21 people in 13 states with a Salmonella strain, sending seven to the hospital. None have died.
Source: Food Safety News
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