Food Alert in Europe, Listeria in seasoned Italian seasoned ham from the market

This week between Italian exports to other countries that have been withdrawn from the market, France and Italy have activated the European system of early warning (Rasff No. 2018.1882 of 05.07. 18) advising the health authorities of the various European countries on the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in seasoned cooked ham produced in Italy and also sold abroad. Currently, information on the distribution is not yet available

The reason for this withdrawal is contamination by Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that can cause gastrointestinal disorders and in some subjects at risk of diseases systemic more serious such as meningitis. Remember that listeriosis is part of the group of diseases that can be defined as food toxins and takes its name from the pathogen that causes this disease, the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes

Listeriosis is particularly dangerous for Immunocompromised people, cancer patients, diabetics, AIDS, the elderly, newborns and pregnant women. Listeriosis can take two forms: diarrhea, more typical of food toxins, which manifests itself in a few hours of ingestion; invasive or systemic, which spreads through the intestinal tissues and bloodstream developing more acute forms of sepsis, encephalitis and meningitis

In this case, between the ingestion of food at risk and the manifestation of symptoms can also pbad quite substantial time, sometimes up to 90 days

Considering the serious risk that occurs following the contamination of the particularly pathogenic bacterium, Giovanni D & # 39; Agata, President of the "Rights Window", recommends a maximum alert, pending the Ministry of Health communicates on its website, under the heading "Safety Notice", batches, the producer and the name of the seasoned cooked ham affected by the reminder of the European market and not only

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