According to the CFIA, Erie Meat Products (Mississauga, Ontario) has recalled Silver Maple branded Frozen All White Meat Fully Cooked Diced Chicken products from the Canadian marketplace due to suspected Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The food recall warning issued on September 10, 2021, has been updated on September 17, 2021, to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the CFIA food safety investigation. The Silver Maple branded Frozen All White Meat Fully Cooked Diced Chicken was sold in 4.54 kilogram (2 by 2.27 kg) packages. The products were distributed and sold in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. @ https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/inspection/2021/76461r-eng.php
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The food recall warning issued on September 10, 2021 has been updated to include additional product information.
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The FDA announced that Baker Farms is recalling their Baker Farms, Kroger & SEG Grocers brand names of Kale, 1 lb plastic bags with BEST BY 09-18-2021 due to contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.On 9-15-2021 the firm was notified by Kroger that the product test positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The products were distributed between 8/30/2021 – 9/1/2021. These products were packaged in clear plastic and sold primarily in retail stores located in the States of: AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MO, MS, NC, NY & VA. No illnesses have been reported to date. @ https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/baker-farms-recalls-various-brand-name-kale-due-listeria-monocytogenes-contamination?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Baker Farms is recalling their Baker Farms, Kroger & SEG Grocers brand names of Kale, 1 lb plastic bags with BEST BY 09-18-2021 107020-21832 due to contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children,
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The FDA reported that Drew’s Organics, LLC of Chester, VT recalled one lot code of Aldi Simply Nature Organic Poppy Seed Dressing due to a processing issue allowing microbial growth. The recalled product comes in a 12 fl. oz. glass bottle with the Best if Used By date of Feb 15, 2023. Product has been distributed to select Aldi stores between August 20th and September 10th in the following states Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. No illnesses related to this product have been reported. The recall was initiated after Drew’s Organics, LLC observed a color difference in the Simply Nature Organic Poppy Seed Dressing after manufacturing. Investigation revealed out-of-spec pH potentially allowing for microbial growth, including Clostridium botulinum, rendering it unsafe for consumption. @ https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/drews-organics-llc-issues-voluntary-recall-aldi-simply-nature-organic-poppy-seed-dressing-potential?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Drew’s Organics, LLC of Chester, VT is voluntarily recalling one lot code of Aldi Simply Nature Organic Poppy Seed Dressing due to a processing issue that could allow for microbial growth.
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Researchers from North Carolina State University (Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine) published an article in Front. Vet. Sci., 01 September 2021. The researchers describe the genome sequencing of a virulent Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) strain that sickened two poultry flocks in consecutive years and found that it was antibiotic-resistant and could potentially infect humans. In a broiler embryo lethality assay, the SE strain designated SE_TAU19 was characterized through genome sequencing for antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence. SE_TAU19 was resistant to nalidixic acid and sulfadimethoxine. The strain was virulent to embryos with 100% mortality of all challenged broiler embryos within 3.5 days. Screening the SE_TAU19 whole-genome sequence revealed seven antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, 120 virulence genes, and two IncF plasmid replicons corresponding to a single, serovar-specific pSEV virulence plasmid. This study revealed that the quinolone and sulfonamide resistance of the SE_TAU19 strain was lethal to broiler embryos and harbored a pSEV plasmid and typical SE virulence genes. The SE_TAU19 strain is deadly to poultry, antibiotic-resistant, and infectious, but it could also infect humans. @ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.725737/full
Virulent strains of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) harbored by poultry can cause disease in poultry flocks and potentially result in human foodborne illness. Two broiler flocks grown a year apart on the same premises experienced mortality throughout the growing period due to septicemic disease caused by SE. Gross lesions predominantly consisted of polyserositis followed by yolk sacculitis, arthritis, osteomyelitis, and spondylitis. Tissues with lesions were cultured yielding 59 SE isolates. These were genotyped by Rep-PCR followed by whole-genome sequencing of 15 isolates which were clonal. The strain, SE_TAU19, was further characterized for antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence in a broiler embryo lethality assay. SE_TAU19 was resistant to nalidixic acid and sulfadimethoxine and was virulent to embryos with 100% mortality of all challenged broiler embryos within 3.5 d. Screening the SE_TAU19 whole-genome sequence revealed 7 antimicrobial resistance genes, 120 virulence genes, and 2 IncF plasmid replicons corresponding to a single, serovar-specific pSEV virulence plasmid. The pef, spv, and rck virulence genes localized to the plasmid sequence assembly. We report phenotypic and genomic features of a virulent SE strain from persistently infected broiler flocks and present a workflow for SE characterization from isolate collection to genome assembly and sequence analysis. Further SE surveillance and investigation of SE virulence in broiler chickens is warranted.