This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we don't have any recall from consumers in EU in the alert notifications. Between the information for attention notifications, followed by a recall from consumers, we find: - Foreign bodies: glass fragments in asparagus, following a consumer complaint. Origin China, notified by Germany; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Campylobacter spp. in chilled chicken breast fillets, following an official control … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 29 – 2014
Plant health: Xylella fastidiosa outbreak in Italy and damages to olive trees
Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterium in the class Gammaproteobacteria, is an important plant pathogen that causes phoney peach disease in the southern United States, bacterial leaf scorch, oleander leaf scorch, and Pierce's disease, and citrus variegated chlorosis disease (CVC) in Brazil. Recently found for the first time on EU territories, the strain of Xylella fastidiosa identified in Italy (province of Lecce, in the Apulia region) attacks … Continue reading Plant health: Xylella fastidiosa outbreak in Italy and damages to olive trees
