The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) notified that Érablière Godbout recalls Érablière Godbout brand “Sauce spaghetti” from the marketplace because it may permit the growth of Clostridium botulinum. The recalled product is Érablière Godbout Sauce spaghetti in 500 ml and 1-liter jars. This brand of spaghetti sauce sold in Quebec. The sauce did not have a “keep refrigerated” label on the jars. No one has fallen ill after eating the sauce, but the recall has been ordered as a precaution, the agency said in a news release. @ https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/recall-notice-issued-on-spaghetti-sauce-that-could-cause-botulism
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Made by Érablière Godbout, the product did not have a “keep refrigerated” label on the jars.
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The end of the Cyclospora outbreak investigation in bagged salads
The multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections linked to salad products made by Fresh Express containing iceberg lettuce, red cabbage, and carrots and that were sold in several regions of the United States investigated by the FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners is over. The outbreak included Fresh Express branded products and products made by Fresh Express for retail store brands sold at ALDI, Giant Eagle, Hy-Vee, Jewel-Osco, ShopRite, and Walmart. FDA’s investigation is continuing, in consultation with the state agriculture and regional water board. On June 27, 2020, Fresh Express recalled the salads. The recalled products are now well beyond expiration and likely no longer on the market or in consumers’ homes. As of September 25, 2020, CDC has announced this outbreak is over. FDA investigated multiple farms identified in the traceback, one of which led to sampling and investigation around a farm in south Florida. FDA continues to work to determine the source and impact of the Cyclospora found in the regional water canal (C-23), located west of Port St. Lucie, Florida. The FDA has been unable to determine if the Cyclospora detected in the canal is a genetic match to the clinical cases. @ https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-cyclospora-bagged-salads-june-2020?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
CDC announces the end of the outbreak; FDA continues its investigation.
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A sandwich producer in England have been infected for 3 years with Listeria
Food Safety News reported that a factory of a sandwich producer in England (Tiffin Sandwiches) had been infected with Listeria for about 3 years. In July 2017, Listeria monocytogenes was drawn from the blood of a 53-year-old man at a hospital. The patient had eaten sandwiches at his hospital at least 12 times. Listeria monocytogenes was detected in the company’s products between December 2016 and August 2017, on the manufacturer’s premises and in an internal sample of two hospitals. Listeria monocytogenes was discovered on-site and in products until July 2019. Tiffin Sandwiches indicated that since the end of that fiscal year, it had ceased supplying the hospitals. All food samples analyzed had grades of Listeria monocytogenes below the legal limit of one hundred colony units per gram. In 2019, six other people died after eating bird sandwiches provided to hospitals through Good Food Chain. @ https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/09/listeria-found-for-years-at-site-of-sandwich-producer/#:~:text=The%20factory%20of%20a%20sandwich,with%20an%20underlying%20health%20condition
The factory of a sandwich producer in England linked to an illness was contaminated by Listeria for almost three years, a report into the incident has
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Wood Ear Mushrooms – dried fungus outbreak investigation of Salmonella Stanley
An outbreak of Salmonella Stanley in wood ear mushrooms imported by Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. of Santa Fe Springs, CA, is being investigated. The outbreak caused 41 illnesses, 4 hospitalizations, and no death to date. According to the CDC, of 18 people with information, 16 (89%) reported eating ramen at a restaurant in the week before their illness started. Four illness clusters were identified at restaurants serving ramen in three states. Eight (89%) of the nine ill people linked to restaurant clusters reported eating wood ear mushrooms or ramen containing wood ear mushrooms in the week before their illness started. The California Department of Public Health collected a sample of wood ear mushrooms, imported by Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc., from one of the restaurants where ill patients reported eating. This sample was reported positive for the presence of Salmonella. On September 23, 2020, Wismettac recalled Shirakiku brand imported dried fungus. States with Cases: AZ (1), CA (25), CT (1), GA (1), IL (5), LA (1), NJ (2), NY (1), PA (2), WI (2), and Canada. Product Distribution: AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NV, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI @ https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-stanley-wood-ear-mushrooms-dried-fungus-september-2020?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Restaurants should not sell or serve recalled mushrooms