Published Date: 2011-02-08 09:00:06
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Salmonellosis - Australia: (SA) custard pastry
Archive Number: 20110208.0428

SALMONELLOSIS - AUSTRALIA: (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) CUSTARD PASTRY
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Date: Mon 7 Feb 2011
Source: ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) [edited]
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/07/3131430.htm>


Health authorities are testing more samples from 2 Adelaide bakeries
associated with a salmonella outbreak linked to custard-filled
pastries. At least 60 people have fallen ill, nearly half of them
needing to be admitted to hospital.

SA [South Australia] Health's investigation has linked the infections
to Vili's custard-filled berliner buns and St George Cakes and
Gelati's custard-filled cannolis and eclairs.

Kevin Buckett from SA Health says they expect more test results later
in the week. "We have taken more samples from the manufacturing
plants," he said. "We're continuing to interview the 60 or so people
that were notified to us last week [week of 1 Feb 2011] and obviously
the more we interview the better chance we have to get a good track on
what common foods people have eaten."

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[It is certainly likely that eggs used in the making of the custard
were the source of the salmonellae. Most of the serotypes linked to
egg-linked salmonellosis have been Typhimurium. - Mod.LL

The HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Australia can be seen at
<http://healthmap.org/r/0rSV>. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]

See Also

2009
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Salmonellosis - Australia (02): (WA) papaya, S. Saintpaul
20090920.3302
Salmonellosis - Australia: (WA) papaya 20090917.3263
2008
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Salmonellosis, eggs - Australia: (NSW) 20080104.0048
2007
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Salmonellosis, eggs - Australia: (NSW) 20071229.4171
Salmonellosis, eggs - Australia (QLD) (03) 20070308.0821
Salmonellosis, eggs - Australia (QLD): recall 20070303.0749
2006
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Salmonellosis, serotype Litchfield, papaya - Australia (WA)
20061201.3397
Salmonella Saint-Paul, melon - Australia (Eastern) 20061028.3086
Salmonellosis, raw pasta - Australia (SA) 20060617.1682
Salmonellosis, sprouts - Australia (WA): recall 20060221.0567
2005
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Salmonellosis, raw eggs - Australia (TAS) 20051209.3556
Salmonellosis, bakeries - Australia (TAS) (02) 20051016.3019
Salmonellosis, bakeries - Australia (Tasmania) 20051011.2960
Salmonellosis, visiting students - Australia (QLD) 20050713.1995
Salmonellosis, food-borne - Australia (VIC) (05) 20050127.0298
Salmonellosis, food-borne - Australia (VIC) 20050122.0231
Gastroenteritis - Australia (Victoria): salmonellosis susp, RFI
20050121.0208
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