More detail has been shared about the diagnosis of a patient who fell seriously ill after having almond milk in Australia.
A 61‐year‐old man suffered severe botulism symptoms in 2023 after drinking a dairy alternative.
According to an article in The Medical Journal of Australia, it was the first
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The FDA has issued a warning letter to Dollar Tree Inc. because of its failure to withdraw recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches linked to an outbreak of lead poisoning among children.
“. . . at the time of the recall, the company failed to adequately remove recalled WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit
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Border controls, recalls and inspection data are some of the highlights from the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) 2023 annual report.
In 2023, 47 percent of the NVWA’s capacity was focused on food safety supervision. Supporters include third parties, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS)
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According to the country’s food agency, allergens in food were the main reason for recalls in New Zealand in 2023.
Of 70 consumer-level recalls in 2023, 26 were due to allergens. Milk caused the most with 12, said New Zealand Food Safety.
Microbiological contamination led to 23 recalls, and 14
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Public health officials in Finland are monitoring an increase in Yersinia infections seen so far in 2024.
168 Yersinia enterocolitica cases have been reported to the Infectious Disease Register compared to 64 cases from January to April 2023.
The National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) said it had received
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More than 2,000 consumer product recalls were issued in France in 2023, according to official figures.
Data from RappelConso shows 2,023 recalls in 2023 compared to 2,441 in 2022.
The category with the most recalls – 601 – was meats, followed by 371 milk and dairy product recalls and 189
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Part of a federal investigation into lead in certain cinnamon applesauce products has been shifted to a followup status.
The new approach by the Food and Drug Administration is designed to provide post-incident response action. The agency will continue surveillance activities as well as prevention and compliance activities, according to
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Switzerland has reported a rise in warnings and recalls in 2023 compared to the year before.
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) published 17 public warnings and 73 recalls for food compared to nine public warnings and 39 recalls in 2022. Recalls are conducted by companies and public
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The mayor of an Illinois city has confirmed that PepsiCo will close a Quaker Oats plant that was temporarily shuttered during a recall of granola products in December 2023.
Mayor Ricky Williams Jr. said the plant will close on June 8, according to a Facebook post by the city of
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The number of food recalls rose slightly in Germany last year with more than 100 because of microbial contamination.
Federal states and the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) published 267 food recalls in 2023. This is similar to the 258 recalls in 2022 but up from
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