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Annual Report 2009 Case No Date Of Case NotificationReference Country Subject 34 11/09/2009 2009.1197 FR suspicion of Clostridium botulinum (type E) in vacuum packed smoked whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) from Finland, with raw material from Canada persons affected* 3** 35 14/09/2009 2009.1205 IT 36 13/10/2009 2009.1345 IT 37 15/10/2009 2009.1361 SE 38 19/10/2009 2009.1371 FI 39 20/10/2009 2009.1395 DK 40 23/10/2009 2009.1431 IT 41 23/10/2009 2009.1424 FR 42 26/10/2009 2009.1437 GB 43 27/10/2009 2009.1454 NL 44 04/11/2009 2009.1504 IT 45 04/11/2009 2009.1503 IT 46 04/11/2009 2009.1500 IT 47 11/11/2009 2009.1545 SE 48 13/11/2009 09-580 CS 49 13/11/2009 2009.1567 FR 50 13/11/2009 2009.1574 GB 51 19/11/2009 2009.1603 IT 52 24/11/2009 2009.1620 DK 53 30/11/2009 2009.1656 IT 54 04/12/2009 2009.1683 ES histamine (147 mg/kg – ppm) in raw white sashimi tuna carpaccio from Spain histamine (329.3; 220.3; 240.1; 245.2 mg/ kg – ppm) in canned sardine fillets in sunflower oil (Sardinella aurita) from Tunisia norovirus (isolated from affected persons) in frozen raspberries from Serbia norovirus (genogroup 1) in frozen raspberries from Poland histamine (
The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) Case No 2 concerns a news notification based on a press release by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on an outbreak in the US linked to the consumption of peanut butter. It turned out that a major peanuts producer in the US had a serious problem with Salmonella contamination. With information obtained from FDA, notifications followed on diverse products containing potentially contaminated peanuts (cases 3 and 5–10). Case 12 concerns the presence of nimesulide, an anti-inflammatory drug, in a food supplement. Nimesulide had previously been withdrawn as medicine for its known toxicity to the liver. Serious cases of liver damage occurred, some with fatal consequences. Apart from in Sweden, the supplement had also been distributed to five other member countries and was immediately withdrawn from the market and press releases were issued to warn consumers. Cases 14, 21, 22, 37, 38 and 52 all are related to the presence of norovirus. Only case 14 concerns oysters; in all five other cases frozen raspberries from Poland and from Serbia were involved. Also in previous years, frozen raspberries were reported as a cause for large outbreaks. In relation to case 17, two children were reported in Spain with mouth lesions as a consequence of consuming a roll-on liquid candy with a very high acidity. The FDA published on 1 May 2009 a warning on their website, urging consumers to discontinue the use of Hydroxycut food supplement products immediately due to suspicions of serious liver injuries. Hydroxycut products are suspected of having caused liver damage to several patients in Finland, reported in case 18. Case 19 reported on an unusual foodborne outbreak in Norway caused by sugar peas from Kenya (also called snow peas) contaminated with Shigella sonnei. These bacteria can cause serious dysentery but are killed if food is thoroughly cooked. Faecal contamination due to bad hygienic practice usually lies at the basis of the problem. More detailed information was published in the Eurosurveillance journal 16 . In the course of the summer, Denmark and especially Italy reported cases of histamine poisoning (scombroid fish poisoning) after consuming tuna (cases 23–27, 32, 35, 36, 46 and 51). High levels of histamine (>200 ppm) will be formed in the fish if not properly chilled and stored for too long at an unsuitable temperature. Thorough cooking of the fish will not solve the problem as histamine is heat-resistant. Histamine can also occur in other types of fish (e. g. case 39 and 53). In case 31, consumers reported experiencing a bitter taste or loss of taste after having consumed pine seeds. What is unusual and has not been explained 16 http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19243 39
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