The United States has said it remains “deeply concerned” with China’s lack of scientific explanation of how two decrees address food safety and public health.
The U.S. repeated its concerns about China’s measures for registering overseas manufacturers of imported food at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food
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A surveillance program for E. coli O157 created after a major outbreak in a Chinese city has recorded a decline in the pathogen.
A large and long outbreak of diarrhea, which included cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) caused by E. coli O157:H7, occurred in Xuzhou City and nearby areas from
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Federal officials say an outbreak of Listeria infections traced to enoki mushrooms has ended.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the outbreak sickened five people in four states from coast to coast: California, Nevada, Michigan and New Jersey. No one died, but all five of the patients
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Federal officials have identified a new outbreak of hepatitis A infections suspected to be from a food source.
The Food and Drug Administration reports that it has begun product traceback efforts, but the agency has not named the product or products being traced.
As of March 1 there have been
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On March 1, the FDA announced that it is expanding an import alert issued last July for all enoki mushrooms imported from the Republic of Korea to now also include enoki mushrooms from China for detention without a physical examination at U.S. borders (DWPE) to further protect public health.
Previously
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Chinese officials recorded almost 500 mushroom poisoning outbreaks in 2022 with 28 associated deaths.
This past year, China CDC investigated 482 incidents of mushroom poisoning across 21 regions. This resulted in 1,332 patients and 28 deaths.
Incidents and patients were more than in 2019 and 2021 but fewer than in 2020
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The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) is warning consumers not to eat enoki mushrooms produced by Shandong Youhe Biotechnology Co Ltd. in Shandong Province, China, because they have been traced to an outbreak of Listeria infections.
Samples collected and tested by MDH in early January were positive for Listeria that
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Oysters from Ireland have been linked to illnesses in Hong Kong. In other news from the region, China is lifting a 2020 ban on beef exports due to BSE this week.
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong ordered the industry
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Ten people were sick and one died in China this past year after eating a toxic plant.
The food poisoning was caused by the wild plant Anisodus tanguticus, which contains tropane alkaloids.
The outbreak occurred in a remote village on the Tibetan Plateau, according to a study published in China CDC
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Utopia Foods Inc of Glendale, NY, is recalling its 200g packages of “Enoki Mushrooms” because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The potential contamination was noted by a routine sampling conducted in the State of Missouri revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the 200g packages of “Enoki Mushrooms”.
The recalled
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