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The FSA reported that Sainsbury is recalling their brand of Flaked Almonds 200g since they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The supermarket has issued a recall notice for batches of By Sainsbury’s Flaked Almonds because Salmonella was found in the product. Point of sale notices will be displayed in stores where the product was sold. @ https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin-10-2024
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CORE update of March 20, 2024: the CORE list of outbreaks and adverse events includes three activity cases. There were no updates to the CORE list this week. @ https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investigations-foodborne-illness-outbreaks?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
The following is a list of outbreak and adverse event investigations primarily being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams.
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The IFT published a comprehensive review of “Making Food Systems More Resilient to Food Safety Risks by including artificial intelligence, Big Data, and internet of things into food safety early warning and emerging risk identification tools.” This literature review focused on existing and experimental applications of AI, big data, and IoT in developing early warning and emerging risk identification tools and methods used in the food safety domain. There is an ongoing rapid development of systems fed by numerous, real-time, and diverse data with the aim of early warning and identification of emerging food safety risks. AI, IoT, and big data hold great potential as tools supporting efficient and effective food safety management by the public and private sectors in nations across the globe. @ https://ift.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1541-4337.13296
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The USDA/FSIS reported that Elkhorn Valley Packing (Harper, Kansas) recalled approximately 3,436 pounds of boneless beef chuck product that may be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O103. The boneless beef chuck items were packed on Feb. 16, 2023. The beef chuck items were shipped to distributors, federal establishments, retail locations, and wholesale locations, which include hotels, restaurants, and institutions in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The problem was discovered when FSIS conducted routine testing of ground beef derived from this product, and the sample was confirmed positive for STEC O103. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Many clinical laboratories do not test for non-O157 STEC, such as O103, because it is harder to identify than STEC O157:H7. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/elkhorn-valley-packing-recalls-boneless-beef-chuck-product-due-possible-e–coli-o103#:~:text=establishment%2C%20is%20recalling%20approximately%203%2C436,16%2C%202023
