Viral chocolate bound pistachios are remembered, salmonella reflects the risk from dried nuts
More brands of ticketing-famous chocolate have been recalled with pistachio on Salmonella concerns. Why food scientists here say that nuts can be doubtful to produce outbreaks of food -borne disease.
On Thursday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said that Dubai Pistachi and Knafeh Milk more types of chocolate MissedAfter the first, the Habibi brands of the pistachios recall the deserts such as the brand or Baklava. People should not eat, serve or eat with anyone Affected brand,
Dubai chocolate craze for a pistachio cream -filled milk chocolate bar and knafeh’s crunchy pieces were thrown by food bloggers. But pistachios and pistachios Products Now there are 52 diseases between March and mid -July, including 10 hospitalized Across Canada.
“We know that in the affair in cases, there is only one genetic fingerprint under the stress of Salmonella, which has made them sick, and it has been found under the same stress. Habbibi pistachio The brand, “Anne Mary Lov, at the Public Health Agency of Canada in Montreal, said.
Due to this outbreak, it is not yet known and a mystery can remain, food scientists say. But because the nuts have a long shelf life, it may not end soon.
Pistachio shaken by tree
Salmonella infection is a food borne Bacterial disease This can cause fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, cramps and diarrhea. This occurs when fecal material from infected humans or animals becomes in our mouth, such as consumption of contaminated food or drink.
Bacteria live in the intestines of many animals and normal sources, including undercurcated poultry and other meats, undercurved eggs and unexpected milk.
For pistachio and nut foods, contamination may occur Before or during crops Along with processing, Lawrence Goodridge said, who is the Canadian Research President among Foodborn pathogens.
Pistachio grows on trees and before the crop, birds and insects can introduce Salmonella in nuts, they said. Contaminated irrigation water is another possibility.
To harvest pistachios, trees are usually shaken, including mechanical equipment. Goodridge said that nuts fall on trays that can be contaminated in the garden.
Salmonella in chocolate opposes stomach acid
Contaminated chicken or egg kills Salmonella during cooking, some pistachios in products are raw, and even cooking nuts do not move.
“One of the issues with Salmonella is very well alive in dry foods,” said Goodridge. “It cannot grow, but it will live for a very long time and that’s why we have seen outbreaks in dried foods like pistachios nuts and almonds, Chocolate And Flour,
Professor Microbiologist Keith Warinner, who specializes in food security at Gulef University, said some Salmonella sub -fares, such as Havana Serotype, can remain in the soil.
“An additional factor is when it is included In chocolateVarin said, Salmonella can avoid stomach acid, so relatively low doses are necessary to cause disease.
In this outbreak, pistachios were imported. Goodridge stated that investigators usually see that food items and their records were imported to ensure materials or foods for similar standards in Canada.
Goodridge said that boutiques or artisans products are not more or less secure.
He said, “One thing that has been in continuous outbreaks … that is often a breakdown in the context of food security programs, which should have been followed,” he said, pointing to remembering last year’s plant-based milk and Lystioosis outbreak In which three people were killed.
Another factor that can increase the outbreak of this Salmonella is that if the pistachios dries up shelf life Goodridge said, depending on how they are stored, can be up to two years.
Canada has many recent meals Salmonella and E. I have seen remembering the concerns about coli, from carrots to cucumbers. Although this may look dangerous, experts say that they remember that the security system is working as a system.
Outbreak is under investigation, Lov said, and other affected food products can be identified. When a person becomes ill and goes to the hospital to test and delays between the time when the case is reported for public health, he is another factor to expand the outbreak, he said.
Wariner is eyeing to prevent Salmonella diseases. Since Salmonella remains in dry conditions and the pistachios dries up after the crop, he said, thermal treatment cannot work. He is working on how to pass nuts that does not include heat.
