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The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) reported the recall of eggs from Rainbow Farm in Orland following a salmonellosis outbreak. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has identified the consumption of these eggs as the source of the outbreak. At least five people have gotten sick and tested positive for salmonellosis after eating eggs from the farm. DACF is working with Rainbow Farm to address the issue. The production and distribution of the eggs have been stopped while the farm undergoes testing, farm sanitization, processing equipment cleaning, and potential culling of affected laying hens. The Rainbow Farm eggs were distributed by the farm and at farmers’ markets in Stonington, Bar Harbor, Blue Hill, and Northeast Harbor. @ https://www.wmtw.com/article/eggs-orland-maine-farm-recalled-salmonella/62296295#:~:text=ORLAND%2C%20Maine%20%E2%80%94,the%20source%20of%20the%20outbreak

According to the FSA, James Hall & Co. (Preston, England) has recalled SPAR branded Corned Beef products from the British marketplace due to suspected Listeria monocytogenes contamination. SPAR Corned Beef sold in vacuum packaged 120g, with USE BY DATE of 20th September 2024. The recall only affects SPAR stores in the Northwest of England. @https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin-40-2024

An article in J Food Protect. of September 2024, entitled ”Evaluation of methods for identifying poultry wing rinses with Salmonella concentrations greater than or equal to 10 CFU/mL,” deals with the need identified by the FSIS for simple, rapid methods that identify poultry wing rinse samples harboring Salmonella concentrations ≥ 10 CFU/mL. Samples were inoculated  at levels from 0.22 to 3.79 log CFU/mL and then measured by 3-tube Most Probable Number (MPN), BioMerieux GENE-UP QUANT, Hygiena BAX SalQuant, and novel threshold methods. The MPN lower limit of quantification (LLQ) for Salmonella was –0.96 log CFU/mL. MPN overestimated the inoculated Salmonella level by 0.05 ± 0.35 log CFU/mL. The GENE-UP QUANT Salmonella method (LLQ = 1.00 log CFU/mL) underestimated the inoculated Salmonella level by 0.05 ± 0.51 log CFU/mL. The BAX SalQuant method (LLQ = 0.00 log CFU/mL) underestimated the inoculated Salmonella level by 1.21 ± 0.78 log CFU/mL. MPN was 93.1%, which is accurate for determining if Salmonella levels in poultry wing rinses were ≥ 10 CFU/mL. GENE-UP quantification was 86.1% accurate. BAX quantification had the lowest accuracy, 58.4%. PiLOT threshold test accuracies ranged from 83.2% for PiLOT-50 to 93.1% for PiLOT-86. The PiLOT threshold tests are simple and can be adapted to identify many environmental or food samples containing Salmonella exceeding any user defined concentration threshold.@ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X24001467?dgcid=raven_sd_aip_email

CORE update of September 18, 2024: the CORE list of outbreaks and adverse events includes eight activities. The outbreak of Cyclospora cayetanensis illnesses (ref #1245) linked to an unidentified product, the case count has increased from 54 to 56. The investigation of illnesses (ref #1233) linked to Diamond Shruumz-brand Chocolate Bars, Cones, and Gummies, the advisory has been updated to include additional illnesses.  169 illnesses have been reported from 33 states; 66 have been hospitalized, and there are two potentially associated deaths. @ https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investigations-foodborne-illness-outbreaks?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery