The FDA announced that Faribault Foods, Inc. recalled 15-ounce cans of S&W Organic Black Beans, 15-ounce cans of O Organic Brand Black Beans, and 15-ounce cans of O Organic Brand Chili Beans because the cans may have a compromised hermetic seal. The compromised hermetic seal may affect can integrity and may cause the cans to leak, bloat, or allow bacteria such as Clostridium botulinum to grow inside the product, leading to serious illness. The recalled products were distributed to CA, WA, UT, OR, AZ, CO, AK, HI, TX, GA, and ID in retail stores, including Costco. The recall was initiated after the firm had received consumer and customer complaints regarding the failure of the hermetic seal. The problem related to the hermetic seal failure was corrected, and no other product is affected. @ https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/faribault-foods-inc-announces-extension-voluntary-recall-limited-quantity-sw-brand-organic-black
Faribault Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 15 ounce cans of S&W Organic Black Beans, 15 ounce cans of O Organic Brand Black Beans and 15 ounce cans of O Organic Brand Chili Beans because the cans may have a compromised hermetic seal. The compromised hermetic seal may affect can integrity and ma
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The CDC announced that As of May 17, 2021, the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Hadar in ground turkey is over. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data showed that ground turkey made people sick. As of May 17, 2021, a total of 33 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Hadar were reported from 14 states (Arizona (1), Connecticut (2), Indiana (1), Maine (1), Maryland (1), Massachusetts (7), Missouri (2), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (3), New York (4), North Carolina ( 3), Pennsylvania (4), Vermont (1), and Virginia (2)). Illnesses started on dates ranging from December 28, 2020, to April 22, 2021. Of 22 people with information available, four were hospitalized. No deaths were reported. WGS showed that bacteria from sick people’s samples were closely related genetically. USDA-FSIS collected an unopened package of ground turkey from a sick person’s freezer for testing. Testing results showed that the ground turkey contained the outbreak strain of Salmonella. The traceback investigation found that Plainville Brands, LLC, produced the ground turkey purchased by the sick person. Not all illnesses were linked to ground turkey produced by Plainville Brands, LLC. The outbreak strain was also identified in routine turkey samples from multiple companies, collected by USDA-FSIS and state officials from 13 establishments. @ https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/hadar-04-21/details.html
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Cornell University food scientists have discovered five previously unknown and novel relatives of Listeria (Catharine R. Carlin et al., Listeria cossartiae sp. nov., Listeria immobilis sp. nov., Listeria portnoyi sp. nov. and Listeria rustica sp. nov., isolated from agricultural water and natural environments, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2021). Volume 71, Issue 5). The soil and water samples resulted in 27 Listeria isolates that could not be classified to the species level. All of the novel species described here could not be placed into any existing species based on sigB sequence data. Of the five novel species, three clusters with the Listeria sensu strict clade and two clusters with sensu lato. One of the novel species, L. immobilis, lacked motility. Another of the novel sensu strict species, designated L. cossartiae sp. Nov. The two proposed novel sensu lato species are Listeria portnoyi sp. nov. Listeria rustica sp. nov. All five novel species are non-haemolytic. The discovery could help to identify potential growth niches that until now may have been overlooked. It will help understand the diversity of Listeria will help laboratories avoid confusion and errors, explain false positives, and help solve foodborne outbreaks. @ https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.004795
A total of 27
Listeria
isolates that could not be classified to the species level were obtained from soil samples from different locations in the contiguous United States and an agricultural water sample from New York. Whole-genome sequence-based average nucleotide identity blast (ANIb) showed that the 27 isolates form five distinct clusters; for each cluster, all draft genomes showed ANI values of <95 % similarity to each other and any currently described
Listeria
species, indicating that each cluster represents a novel species. Of the five novel species, three cluster with the Listeria sensu stricto clade and two cluster with sensu lato. One of the novel sensu stricto species, designated L. cossartiae sp. nov., contains two subclusters with an average ANI similarity of 94.9%, which were designated as subspecies. The proposed three novel sensu stricto species (including two subspecies) are Listeria farberi sp. nov. (type strain FSL L7-0091T=CCUG 74668T=LMG 31917T; maximum ANI 91.9 % to
L. innocua
), Listeria immobilis sp. nov. (type strain FSL L7-1519T=CCUG 74666T=LMG 31920T; maximum ANI 87.4 % to
L. ivanovii
subsp.
londoniensis
) and Listeria cossartiae sp. nov. [subsp. cossartiae (type strain FSL L7-1447T=CCUG 74667T=LMG 31919T; maximum ANI 93.4 % to
L. marthii
) and subsp. cayugensis (type strain FSL L7-0993T=CCUG 74670T=LMG 31918T; maximum ANI 94.7 % to
L. marthii
). The two proposed novel sensu lato species are Listeria portnoyi sp. nov. (type strain FSL L7-1582T=CCUG 74671T=LMG 31921T; maximum ANI value of 88.9 % to
L. cornellensis
and 89.2 % to
L. newyorkensis
) and Listeria rustica sp. nov. (type strain FSL W9-0585T=CCUG 74665T=LMG 31922T; maximum ANI value of 88.7 % to
L. cornellensis
and 88.9 % to
L
.
newyorkensis
). L. immobilis is the first sensu stricto species isolated to date that is non-motile. All five of the novel species are non-haemolytic and negative for phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C activity; the draft genomes lack the virulence genes found in
Listeria
pathogenicity island 1 (LIPI-1), and the internalin genes inlA and inlB, indicating that they are non-pathogenic.
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On June 1, the FDA will launch low-cost or no-cost technology-enabled traceability. They ask stakeholders, including technology providers, entrepreneurs, and innovators, to develop traceability tools that can be implemented in a scalable, cost-effective way for food operations of all sizes. The affordability of such technologies can be a barrier to adaptation. The FDA would like to encourage the development of creative financial models that are low to no-cost solutions and act as catalysts for change. The goal of the FDA is to reduce foodborne illness in this country by doing everything we can to prevent the contamination of foods. Their way of doing so is to tap into the wealth of expertise and information found in government, industry, academia, and other resources in the public and private sectors. @ https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/fda-seeks-innovative-food-traceability-tools-and-opens-dialogue-advancing-food-safety-technology
FDA is working differently to enhance food traceability and support the use of technology to strengthen the food safety system.