As a part of product monitoring, the Meals Security Unit along side the O’Higgins Seremi de Salud Laboratory detected Listeria monocytogenes within the “Don Rodrigo” cured meat manufacturing facility positioned in Lo Miranda, Doñihue, as reported by the ministerial secretary via a press launch.
The merchandise concerned – the regional ministry says – are pork loin rolls, that are produced within the facility. It’s price mentioning that, when the presence of Listeria was recognized, along with the ban on operations, the O’Higgins Well being Authority seized 910 kg of cured meat and took different product samples.
Relating to the scenario, the Seremi de Salud O’Higgins, Dr. Carolina Torres, commented that “we recognized the presence of Listeria in some cured meats from a manufacturing facility positioned within the commune of Doñihue. Given the well being threat that the presence of this micro organism poses to folks’s well being, this manufacturing facility was banned from working and the merchandise are being retained.”
“You will need to remind residents that Listeria is a micro organism that may be present in components which are used to supply these cured meats and different meals, and likewise in irrigation water. Nonetheless, in some threat teams such because the aged, people who find themselves immunosuppressed, and particularly pregnant girls, they will develop the illness, which in some instances may very well be deadly,” stated Dr. Torres.
The pinnacle of the regional well being portfolio added that “the suggestion we all the time make as Seremi de Salud is to buy merchandise in established locations, in order that they’re included into this surveillance system and thus assist us shield folks’s well being.”
Relating to the lifting of the ban on the cured meat manufacturing facility, the Seremi de Salud O’Higgins should research the origin of the contamination of the merchandise, and the corporate should work on recording and implementing corrective actions, in addition to reviewing the self-control procedures. As well as, 4 samples should be taken, which should outcome within the absence of Listeria. On this approach, the Well being Authority might elevate the measure on the cured meat manufacturing facility.
Relating to constructive instances of Listeria in folks, the Epidemiology Unit of the Seremi de Salud O’Higgins reported that to this point they’ve notification of a case of an aged one that was handled in a personal clinic within the commune of Rancagua.
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