Fuji Food Products Inc. has initiated a recall of ready to eat sushi, salads and spring rolls due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The products have dates through Dec. 6 and were sold
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Eighty sick in Chile with Salmonella linked to sushi
At least 80 people are sick in Chile from Salmonella after eating at a sushi restaurant.
The people affected are men and women aged from 2 to 66 years old. The first cases presented symptoms
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FSAI says its audit findings on Sushi are ‘concerning’
Nine in 10 sushi businesses did not have adequate controls to safeguard human health during a Food Safety Authority of Ireland audit.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) conducted the audits in October 2018
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Company restarts operations without resolving problems; FDA issues warning
Federal officials haven’t been able to confirm whether a company has effectively recalled raw fish potentially contaminated with Listeria. Consequently the FDA is warning restaurants and retailers against using Topway Enterprises Inc. or Kazy’s Gourmet
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Norwegian agency assesses Listeria risk from sushi
Proper storage of raw seafood and good hygiene is important to avoid contaminating sushi with Listeria at amounts that can cause illness, according to a risk assessment in Norway.
The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food
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CDC declares outbreak over; danger of infections from tuna continues
Public health officials continue to warn about food poisoning dangers in association with raw tuna served as sushi in the wake of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections.
“This outbreak appears to be over,
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FDA warning letters: Foreign, U.S. seafood companies on list
Seafood companies in Alabama and Indonesia are on warning from the Food and Drug Administration for serious violations of U.S. law, specifically the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation.
Such violations generally
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Briefly: Tapeworm tale — IAFP 2018 — Sanitary food transport
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Price Chopper, Market 32 stores recall sushi for risk of Listeria
Price Chopper and Market 32 Supermarkets are recalling many varieties of packaged AFC Sushi branded tuna sushi because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The sushi was sold in
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New Hepatitis A cases likely in Hawaii despite scallop embargo
Hawaii health officials are asking for continued federal help with their investigation of a Hepatitis A outbreak traced to frozen, imported scallops served by Genki Sushi restaurants on Oahu and Kauai. Questions about possible wider
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Scallops at sushi restaurants blamed in Hepatitis A outbreak
Hawaii health officials have identified imported scallops that were served raw at Genki Sushi restaurants as the probable cause of an ongoing Hepatitis A outbreak. All of the restaurant locations on Oahu and Kauai have
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