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According to the FSA, Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, trading as Morrisons (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England), has recalled Ready To Eat (“RTE”) Cut Mango Fruit products from the British marketplace due to suspected Salmonella contamination. The recalled products are Morrisons Fresh Mango Fruit Chunks, sold in clear plastic trays with 240 grams and 410 grams of the product. @ https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin-50-2022

A new study published in Applied and Environmental shows that using oils to deliver antimicrobials against foodborne pathogens enables using elevated temperatures. In the study, organic acids and medium-chain fatty acids (100, 250, and 500 mM) were used in peanut oil against Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis desiccated at 75% relative humidity (RH). The acetic acid in peanut oil (AO) at 45°C was the most effective food-grade acid, causing a 4.4-log reduction in S. Enteritidis at 500 mM. Treatment efficacy increased with the increase in acid concentration, treatment duration, and treatment temperature from 20 to 45°C. Acidified oils can serve as robust, cost-effective replacements for dry-sanitation methods and improve the safety of low moisture foods. @ https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.00935-22

After Pizzas Buitoni was contaminated with E. coli, Nestlé France defended the cleaning process in its Caudry factory. Nestlé France said that the time spent cleaning production lines at the Buitoni factory in Caudry (Nord), at the heart of a health scandal, had not changed since “the internalization of cleaning” in 2015, reacting to employee statements released by France Inter. A group spokesperson said that “At the end of each production cycle, the lines are completely stopped and cleaned according to a strict process lasting 4 hours and 45 minutes, including a cleaning phase, then disinfection and finally a rinsing with water, the effectiveness of which is controlled by systematic microbiological sampling in different strategic areas of the site.” @ https://gettotext.com/pizzas-buitoni-nestle-france-defends-the-cleaning-process-in-its-caudry-factory/

The USDA/FSIS issued a public health alert due to concerns that ground beef products in HelloFresh meal kits may be associated with Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 illness. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available. The meat kit contains ground beef packaged in 10-oz. vacuum-packed plastic packages containing “GROUND BEEF 85% LEAN/15% FAT”. Traceback identified that multiple case patients received ground beef produced at establishment M46841 and distributed by HelloFresh in meal kits from July 2-21, 2022.@ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-specific-ground-beef-hellofresh-meal-kits-due