Track and
trace More than 150 people have been sickened by Salmonella in Sweden with authorities linking the illnesses to
spice mix. The Swedish public health agency said 153 people have been reported
in the outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis
due to comsuption spice mix (Allkrydda) and some had been hospitalized.
The agency
said it is normally difficult to find the source of an outbreak but its
suspicions that the cause was a food with a long shelf life and widespread
distribution. It added more spices links to the national Salmonella outbreak as several brands could have the same origin. Salmonella Enteritidis, phage type 13a is
relatively rare with three to five cases normally reported each year.
Restaurant case peak. More than half of the patients
(95) fell ill after eating at a restaurant on Öland which has been linked to
Iwi Allkrydda sold by the company Dimpex. The result was the same Salmonella in spice in the patients who
become sick due to restaurant food, as well as that from other victims of the
nationwide outbreak.
Another
manufacturer, Sevan, issued a withdrawal after an illness of Salmonella was linked to its products
but it is not part of the restaurant outbreak. The firm has recalled all its
Allkrydda sold since October 2014 as a precaution. This covers Sevan Allkrydda
900g with barcode 7331217881469, 450g with barcode 7331217881452 and Bucket 5
kg with EAN code 7331217010708.
Widespread
investigation, performed by the Swedish food agency, said the incident is
spread across the country. It added the usual method of interviewing victims to
identify the suspect food worked less well in this case so investigators needed
to test food for many different types to find the cause of the disease.
Serbia was
the origin for one of the spice mix brands, according to the RASFF portal. In a
normal year about 3,000 Swedes are infected with Salmonella, including around a quarter infected in the country.
Source:
Food Quality
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