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shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli in chilled unboned veal meat (vacuum packaged) from the Netherlands

Reference:

2014.0608

Notification type:

food - alert - official control on the market

Notification date:

02/05/2014

Action taken:

withdrawal from the market

Last update:

06/05/2014

Distribution status:

no distribution from notifying country

Notification from:

Italy (IT)

Product:

chilled unboned veal meat (vacuum packaged)

Classification

alert

Product category:

meat and meat products (other than poultry)

Risk decision

serious

Published in RASFF Consumers' Portal

has been published before

Follow-up :

Reference	Follow-up from	Date	Follow-up type	Info
inf01	Italy	06/05/2014	corrigendum	STEC VT2 gene was detected and detection and identification of VTEC O104:H4 by PCR was carried out but the result was "negative for serotype O104".

Hazards

Substance / Hazard	Category	Analytical result	Units	Sampling date
shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli	microbial contaminants (other)			10/04/2014

Countries/organisations concerned (D = distribution, O = origin)

Italy (D) Netherlands (O)