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
ruth
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
ruth
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
ruth
The FDA finalized an agreement with European Union countries (Spain and the Netherlands) entitled A molluscan shellfish equivalence determination. The deal allows the trade-in shellfish between the US and the EU to resume for the first time since 2010. The equivalence determination finalizes the proposed decision that the FDA published in the Federal Register in 2018 and resulted from a multi-year, in-depth review of EU shellfish safety controls implemented in Spain and the Netherlands. The agreement concludes that Spain and the Netherlands have implemented safety controls that are equivalent to the US. It will enable the FDA to allow Spain and the Netherlands to export raw molluscan shellfish to the US. In a separate action, the European Commission has also made a food safety equivalence determination that will permit raw and processed molluscan shellfish, including clams, mussels, oysters, and scallops, imported from the United States, beginning with shellfish from Massachusetts and Washington. @ https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-achieves-key-milestone-finalizes-framework-will-resume-shellfish-trade-europe-first-time-10?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
FDA Finalizes Framework That Will Resume Shellfish Trade with Europe
ruth
Wismettac Asian Foods (Santa Fe Springs, CA) issued a voluntary recall for Shirakiku brand imported Dried Fungus (also known as Black Fungus or Kikurage) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The product was distributed to restaurants in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Washington DC, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and British Columbia in Canada. Wismettac is initiating the recall after the California Department of Public Health discovered the presence of Salmonella in the product. The manufacturer has been made aware of the issue and is conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the issue so corrections can be implemented. @ https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/wismettac-asian-foods-voluntarily-recalls-dried-fungus-due-potential-salmonella-contamination?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA is issuing a voluntary recall for Shirakiku brand imported Dried Fungus (also known as Black Fungus or Kikurage) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in yo