July 30, 2018 – The USDA/FSIS issued an alert due to concerns about contamination of beef, pork and poultry salad and wrap products were distributed by Caito Foods LLC, an Indianapolis, with Cyclospora. The products were produced on July 15 to 18, 2018. Boar’s Head, Trader Joe’s, GFS, and Walgreens are some of the names associated with the recall. The problem was discovered when Caito Foods received notification from their lettuce supplier, Fresh Express, that the chopped romaine that was used to manufacture some of their salads and wraps was recalled. FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ refrigerators and that consumers may be at risk due to the length of the Cyclospora incubation period. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom/news-releases-statements-and-transcripts/news-release-archives-by-year/archive/2018/pha-07302018-1
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that products may be contaminated with Salmonella from whey powder that has been recalled by the producer of the ingredient.
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A multi-country (United Kingdom (129 cases), Finland (15), Denmark, Germany and Ireland (one case each)) outbreak of Salmonella Agona (S. Agona) is under investigation in the European Union (EU), with cases retrospectively identified back to 2014. Overall, 147 outbreak cases have been reported. The outbreak was first detected in the United Kingdom using WGS. Seventeen S. Agona food isolates from 2018, detected in the, were found to be closely genetically related to the human strains. The food isolates were from cucumbers sampled during processing before and after washing (11 isolates) and ready to eat (RTE) food products containing cucumbers (six isolates). The microbiological evidence suggests RTE products containing cucumbers as a possible vehicle of infection but so far it has not been possible to identify the specific point in the production chain where the contamination occurred. Although the cucumbers used in all final contaminated products originated from Spain for a limited period (from November 2017 to April 2018), no connection between supply chains was identified @ https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/scientific_output/EN-1465.pdf
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/scientific_output/EN-1465.pdf
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Lipari Foods recalled Premo Brand and Fresh Grab turkey and Swiss submarine sandwiches produced and packaged by JLM (a sister company of Lipari)due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The products were produced on July 17, 2018, and distributed to food service and retail stores throughout Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin and West Virginia. The products were distributed under the names of Premo Brand & Fresh Grab. This was brought to The FDA attention by JLM after recent routine environmental monitoring and product testing found a positive test results for Listeria monocytogenes. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem. @ https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm615055.htm
Lipari Foods, LLC has issued a voluntary recall of Premo Brand and Fresh Grab turkey and Swiss submarine sandwiches produced and packaged by sister company JLM due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism, which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
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The FDA is investigating horse feed from Gilman Co-Op Creamery in Gilman, MN that contained monensin, an animal drug highly toxic to horses, even at low levels. To date, six horses from the same owner have died after eating a single batch of feed. The feed was a special order for the farm and not distributed to other farms. When inspecting the firm, the FDA found that on the date the batch of horse feed in question was manufactured, Gilman Co-Op Creamery first mixed cattle feed containing monensin, and then did not perform adequate cleanout to remove the monensin from its equipment before mixing the horse feed. On June 9, a horse farm in Minnesota began feeding its horses feed mixed by Gilman Co-Op Creamery of Gilman, MN. That evening, one horse became ill and was not able to stand. Two days later, the horse had to be euthanized. On June 12, the owner found two additional horses that were laying down in the pasture that was unable to stand. One horse died that day and the other horse was found dead in the pasture the next day, June 13. Over the course of the next month, three more horses died. In total, six horses died after eating the feed containing monensin. @ https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/ucm614978.htm?utm_campaign=7-27-2018-monensin&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
The FDA is investigating horse feed from Gilman Co-Op Creamery in Gilman, MN that contained monensin, an animal drug highly toxic to horses, even at low levels. To date, six horses from the same owner have died after eating a single batch of feed.