Albertsons Companies has voluntarily recalled ReadyMeals Chicken Salad Quad and Chicken Salad Sandwich Club Tray products prepared in store at certain Albertsons and Safeway stores, due to an undeclared allergen not listed on the ingredient statement. The products contain tree nuts (cashews), which are known allergens. The issue was discovered after a customer reported having an adverse reaction.
This is a print-and-apply label, where we can guess that someone incorrectly input the information.
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/albertsons-companies-voluntarily-recalls-chicken-salad-products-due-undeclared-allergen
Albertsons Companies Voluntarily Recalls Chicken Salad Products Due to an Undeclared Allergen
Summary
Company Announcement Date:October 18, 2022
FDA Publish Date: October 19, 2022
Product Type: Food & Beverages Prepared Food
Reason for Announcement: Undeclared Tree Nuts (Cashews)
Company Name: Albertsons Companies
Brand Name: Ready Meals and Safeway Inc.
Product Description: Chicken Salad Quad & Chicken Salad Sandwich Club Tray
Friday, October 28, 2022
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Misleading News - Deli Meat as the Leading Agent for Listeria Infection
A recent news article "Study finds deli meat is connected to more than 90 percent of U.S. listeria cases" states that "90 percent of listeriosis cases in the U.S. come from deli meat, followed by ready-to-eat (RTE) salads at just less than 5 percent." This article was based on a recently published research publication, "Quantitative risk assessment model to investigate the public health impact of varying Listeria monocytogenes allowable levels in different food commodities: A retrospective analysis". (,International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2022).
Quantitative risk assessment model to investigate the public health impact of varying Listeria monocytogenes allowable levels in different food commodities: A retrospective analysis
Abstract
Invasive listeriosis is a potentially fatal foodborne disease that according to this study may affect up to 32.9 % of the US population considered as increased risk and including people with underlying conditions and co-morbidities. Listeria monocytogenes has been scrutinized in research and surveillance programs worldwide in Ready-to-Eat (RTE) food commodities (RTE salads, deli meats, soft/semi-soft cheese, seafood) and frozen vegetables in the last 30 years with an estimated overall prevalence of 1.4–9.9 % worldwide (WD) and 0.5–3.8 % in the United States (US). Current L. monocytogenes control efforts have led to a prevalence reduction in the last 5 years of 4.9–62.9 % (WD) and 12.4–92.7 % (US). A quantitative risk assessment model was developed, estimating the probability of infection in the US susceptible population to be 10–10,000× higher than general population and the total number of estimated cases in the US was 1044 and 2089 cases by using the FAO/WHO and Pouillot dose-response models. Most cases were attributed to deli meats (>90 % of cases) followed by RTE salads (3.9–4.5 %), soft and semi-soft cheese and RTE seafood (0.5–1.0 %) and frozen vegetables (0.2–0.3 %). Cases attributed to the increased risk population corresponded to 96.6–98.0 % of the total cases with the highly susceptible population responsible for 46.9–80.1 % of the cases. Removing product lots with a concentration higher than 1 CFU/g reduced the prevalence of contamination by 15.7–88.3 % and number of cases by 55.9–100 %. Introducing lot-by-lot testing and defining allowable quantitative regulatory limits for low-risk RTE commodities may reduce the public health impact of L. monocytogenes and improve the availability of enumeration data.
What is not clear in this new article is that the research that serves as the basis looks at 30 years of data using metanalysis. Has control of Listeria improved dramatically in the last 30 years? Absolutely. Even the research publication mentions this. Yes, deli meats are a risk, but there have been far less cases over the past decade with the last notable case in 2020 . But there are items like salads and cheese that stand out.
Doing a metanalysis over the past 30 years does not take into account the factor of time and improvement that has occurred in that period. Secondly, the technology for identification (WGS) and tracking has improved dramatically.
Looking that the CDC website for the listed outbreaks over the past decade:
Looking that the CDC website for the listed outbreaks over the past decade:
2022
Brie and Camembert Cheese – ListeriosisIce Cream – Listeriosis
2021
Dole Packaged Salads – ListeriosisFresh Express Packaged Salads – ListeriosisFully Cooked Chicken – Listeriosis
Queso Fresco – Listeriosis
2020
Deli Meats – ListeriosisEnoki Mushrooms – Listeriosis
2019
Hard-boiled Eggs – ListeriosisNot Identified - Listeria monocytogenes InfectionsDeli-Sliced Meats and Cheeses – Listeriosis
2018
Pork Products – ListeriosisDeli Ham – Listeriosis
2017
Vulto Creamery Soft Raw Milk Cheese – Listeriosis
2016
Frozen Vegetables – ListeriosisRaw Milk – ListeriosisPackaged Salads – Listeriosis
2015
Soft Cheeses – ListeriosisIce Cream – Listeriosis
2014
Commercially Produced, Prepackaged Caramel Apples – ListeriosisBean Sprouts – ListeriosisCheese – ListeriosisDairy Products – Listeriosis
2013
Cheese – Listeriosis
2012
Ricotta Salata Cheese – Listeriosis
2011
Cantaloupes – Listeriosis
International Journal of Food Microbiology
Volume 383, 16 December 2022, 109932
Quantitative risk assessment model to investigate the public health impact of varying Listeria monocytogenes allowable levels in different food commodities: A retrospective analysis
Abstract
Invasive listeriosis is a potentially fatal foodborne disease that according to this study may affect up to 32.9 % of the US population considered as increased risk and including people with underlying conditions and co-morbidities. Listeria monocytogenes has been scrutinized in research and surveillance programs worldwide in Ready-to-Eat (RTE) food commodities (RTE salads, deli meats, soft/semi-soft cheese, seafood) and frozen vegetables in the last 30 years with an estimated overall prevalence of 1.4–9.9 % worldwide (WD) and 0.5–3.8 % in the United States (US). Current L. monocytogenes control efforts have led to a prevalence reduction in the last 5 years of 4.9–62.9 % (WD) and 12.4–92.7 % (US). A quantitative risk assessment model was developed, estimating the probability of infection in the US susceptible population to be 10–10,000× higher than general population and the total number of estimated cases in the US was 1044 and 2089 cases by using the FAO/WHO and Pouillot dose-response models. Most cases were attributed to deli meats (>90 % of cases) followed by RTE salads (3.9–4.5 %), soft and semi-soft cheese and RTE seafood (0.5–1.0 %) and frozen vegetables (0.2–0.3 %). Cases attributed to the increased risk population corresponded to 96.6–98.0 % of the total cases with the highly susceptible population responsible for 46.9–80.1 % of the cases. Removing product lots with a concentration higher than 1 CFU/g reduced the prevalence of contamination by 15.7–88.3 % and number of cases by 55.9–100 %. Introducing lot-by-lot testing and defining allowable quantitative regulatory limits for low-risk RTE commodities may reduce the public health impact of L. monocytogenes and improve the availability of enumeration data.
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Current Investigation of Salmonella Outbreak Associated with Salmon Used in Sushi Type Foods
The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Litchfield infections linked to fresh, raw salmon supplied to restaurants in California and Arizona by Mariscos Bahia, Inc. To this point, there have been 33 total illnesses with 13 hospitalizations.
"...FDA collected an environmental sample that included multiple swabs at Mariscos Bahia, Inc. (Pico Rivera, CA). Multiple environmental swabs collected at the facility are positive for Salmonella and subsequent Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) analysis is ongoing. The WGS completed to date indicates the Salmonella detected in at least one of the swabs from the facility matches the outbreak strain. While epidemiological evidence indicates that ill people consumed fresh, raw salmon processed at this firm, the presence of Salmonella in the processing environment indicates that additional types of fish processed in the same area of the facility could also be contaminated which includes fresh, raw halibut, Chilean seabass, tuna, and swordfish. Salmon, halibut, Chilean seabass, tuna, and swordfish processed in Marisco Bahia Inc.’s Pico Rivera, CA, facility could have also been sent to the Mariscos Bahia, Inc. facilities in Phoenix, AZ and then sent to restaurants."
https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-seafood-october-2022
Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Seafood (October 2022)
Restaurants should not sell, or serve multiple types of seafood from Mariscos Bahia, Inc. FDA's investigation is ongoing.
Case Counts
Total Illnesses: 33
Hospitalizations: 13
Deaths: 0
Last illness onset: September 18, 2022
States with Cases: AZ (11), CA (21), IL (1)
Product Distribution*: AZ, CA
Cross Contamination in the Kitchen - Remember to Clean the Spice Containers
A study published in Journal of Food Protection tackles the question, can spice containers be the source of cross contamination. Yep, as you probably could have guessed, the spice containers can be the source of cross contamination. The study looked at a number of surfaces, and these surfaces all could be the source of cross contamination, but the spice containers where found to be more likely a source. A good reminder to clean as you prepare meals, including washing hands after handling raw product and before touching items like spice containers, and then to sanitize surfaces of spice containers.
https://meridian.allenpress.com/jfp/article-abstract/doi/10.4315/JFP-22-060/486035/Cross-Contamination-to-Surfaces-in-Consumer?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Cross-Contamination to Surfaces in Consumer Kitchens Using MS2 as a Tracer Organism in Ground Turkey Patties
Margaret Kirchner; Rebecca Goulter; Savana Everhart; Lindsey Doring; Caitlin Smits; Jeremy Faircloth; Minh Duong; Lydia Goodson; Lisa Shelley; Ellen Thomas Shumaker; Sheryl Cates; Christopher Bernstein; Aaron Lavallee; Lee-Ann Jaykus; Benjamin Chapman; Don Schaffner
J Food Prot (2022)
https://doi.org/10.4315/JFP-22-060
https://meridian.allenpress.com/jfp/article-abstract/doi/10.4315/JFP-22-060/486035/Cross-Contamination-to-Surfaces-in-Consumer?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Cross-Contamination to Surfaces in Consumer Kitchens Using MS2 as a Tracer Organism in Ground Turkey Patties
Margaret Kirchner; Rebecca Goulter; Savana Everhart; Lindsey Doring; Caitlin Smits; Jeremy Faircloth; Minh Duong; Lydia Goodson; Lisa Shelley; Ellen Thomas Shumaker; Sheryl Cates; Christopher Bernstein; Aaron Lavallee; Lee-Ann Jaykus; Benjamin Chapman; Don Schaffner
J Food Prot (2022)
https://doi.org/10.4315/JFP-22-060
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
CO Candy Company Recalls Salted Caramel Cookie Product After Incorrect Packaging of Peanut Containing Cookies
Hammond’s Candies of Denver, CO is recalling 5-ounce boxes of Hammond’s Salted Caramel Cookies, because they may contain undeclared peanuts. The recall was initiated after a routine product check revealed that peanut-containing product had been packed and distributed in incorrect packaging, which did not declare the presence of peanuts. Further investigation has determined the root cause to be a temporary failure of the manufacturer’s packing and product release process.
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/hammonds-candies-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-peanut-salted-caramel-cookies
Hammond’s Candies Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanut in Salted Caramel Cookies
Summary
Company Announcement Date: October 17, 2022
FDA Publish Date: October 17, 2022
Product Type: Food & Beverages
Reason for Announcement: Undeclared Peanuts
Company Name: Hammond’s Candies
Brand Name: Hammond’s
Product Description: Salted Caramel Cookies
Nestle Recalls Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough After Complaints Involving Small White Plastic
Nestlé USA is initiating a voluntary recall of ready-to-bake refrigerated NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® STUFFED Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with Fudge Filling products due to the potential presence of white plastic pieces. The company took the recall action out of an abundance of caution after a small number of consumers contacted Nestlé USA about this issue. This voluntary recall is isolated to NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® STUFFED Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with Fudge Filling products that were produced between June and September 2022.
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/nestle-usa-announces-voluntary-recall-nestler-toll-houser-stuffed-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-fudge
Nestlé USA Announces Voluntary Recall of NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® STUFFED Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with Fudge Filling Products Due to Potential Presence of Foreign Material
Summary
Company Announcement Date: October 13, 2022
FDA Publish Date: October 17, 2022
Product Type: Food & Beverages
Reason for Announcement: Foreign Object
Company Name: Nestle USA
Brand Name: NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE®
Product Description: STUFFED Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with Fudge Filling
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/nestle-usa-announces-voluntary-recall-nestler-toll-houser-stuffed-chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-fudge
Nestlé USA Announces Voluntary Recall of NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® STUFFED Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with Fudge Filling Products Due to Potential Presence of Foreign Material
Summary
Company Announcement Date: October 13, 2022
FDA Publish Date: October 17, 2022
Product Type: Food & Beverages
Reason for Announcement: Foreign Object
Company Name: Nestle USA
Brand Name: NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE®
Product Description: STUFFED Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough with Fudge Filling
Monday, October 17, 2022
FDA Warning Letters Issued to Food Importers for Lack of FSVP - Oct 2022
DF Global, Inc. of Commerce, CA not in compliance with the requirements of 21 CFR part 1, subpart L for the following imported foods: Honey Hallabong Tea, Agave Ginger Lemon Tea, and Walnut Almond Adlay Tea
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/df-global-inc-633242-08012022
C. Liberatore LLC, of Hartford, CT did not develop, maintain, and follow an FSVP for any of the imported foods ; Peppers imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4), Peppers imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4) and Tomato on the Vine imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/c-liberatore-llc-634519-09122022
Vero USA Corporation located at 90 Dayton Ave Ste 14, Passaic, NJ did not develop an FSVP for any of thier imported foods: Paprika Chips from (b)(4), located in (b)(4). Snacks (Corn Puffs) from (b)(4), located in (b)(4) and Pasteurized White Cheese- Feta from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/vero-usa-corporation-639180-09262022
Mena Produce LLC, of McAllen, TX did not develop, maintain, and follow an FSVP for any of their imported foods including each of the following: Anaheim peppers imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4) ; Tomatillos imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4); and Poblano peppers imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/mena-produce-llc-637641-09202022
El Salvador Products Inc. of Sugarland, TX did not develop an FSVP for any foods their imported foods: Salsa & Queso Chips and Sweet Bread imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4), and Pineapple Pastry imported from foreign supplier (b)(4), located in (b)(4).
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/el-salvador-products-inc-640532-09022022
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/df-global-inc-633242-08012022
C. Liberatore LLC, of Hartford, CT did not develop, maintain, and follow an FSVP for any of the imported foods ; Peppers imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4), Peppers imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4) and Tomato on the Vine imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/c-liberatore-llc-634519-09122022
Vero USA Corporation located at 90 Dayton Ave Ste 14, Passaic, NJ did not develop an FSVP for any of thier imported foods: Paprika Chips from (b)(4), located in (b)(4). Snacks (Corn Puffs) from (b)(4), located in (b)(4) and Pasteurized White Cheese- Feta from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/vero-usa-corporation-639180-09262022
Mena Produce LLC, of McAllen, TX did not develop, maintain, and follow an FSVP for any of their imported foods including each of the following: Anaheim peppers imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4) ; Tomatillos imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4); and Poblano peppers imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/mena-produce-llc-637641-09202022
El Salvador Products Inc. of Sugarland, TX did not develop an FSVP for any foods their imported foods: Salsa & Queso Chips and Sweet Bread imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4), and Pineapple Pastry imported from foreign supplier (b)(4), located in (b)(4).
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/el-salvador-products-inc-640532-09022022
OK Establishment Recalls Pork Fritter Product After Receiving Complaints for Hard Plastic
AdvancePierre Foods Inc., an Enid, Okla. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,137 pounds of pork loin steak fritter product that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hard pieces of plastic. The problem was discovered after the firm notified FSIS that it had received two complaints from restaurant staff reporting they found hard pieces of plastic in the product.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/advancepierre-foods-inc--recalls-pork-fritter-product-due-possible-foreign-matter
AdvancePierre Foods Inc. Recalls Pork Fritter Product Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
ADVANCEPIERRE FOODS, INC.
FSIS Announcement
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2022 – AdvancePierre Foods Inc., an Enid, Okla. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,137 pounds of pork loin steak fritter product that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hard pieces of plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/advancepierre-foods-inc--recalls-pork-fritter-product-due-possible-foreign-matter
AdvancePierre Foods Inc. Recalls Pork Fritter Product Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
ADVANCEPIERRE FOODS, INC.
FSIS Announcement
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2022 – AdvancePierre Foods Inc., an Enid, Okla. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,137 pounds of pork loin steak fritter product that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hard pieces of plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
USDA Issues Health Alert for WY Produced Ground Beef with Pathogenic E. coli
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that a specific ground beef product may be contaminated with E. coli O103. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase. The raw ground beef items were produced at FBS Hudson in WY on October 4, 2022 in 1-lb. plastic vacuum-packed packages containing “FRANK’S BUTCHER. The problem was discovered when FBS Hudson alerted FSIS that its routine microbial testing results found Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O103 in a sample of the ground beef. There have been no confirmed reports of illness due to consumption of these products.
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-ground-beef-due-possible-e--coli-o103-contamination
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ground Beef Due to Possible E. Coli O103 Contamination
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-ground-beef-due-possible-e--coli-o103-contamination
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ground Beef Due to Possible E. Coli O103 Contamination
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