“Nakaochi Scrape” associated with a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly infections
Moon Marine USA Corporation (also known as MMI) of
Cupertino, Calif. is voluntarily recalling 58,828 lbs of a frozen raw yellowfin
tuna product, labeled as Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA. Nakaochi Scrape is tuna
backmeat, which is specifically scraped off from the bones, and looks like a
ground product.
The Nakaochi Scrape is associated
with an outbreak of 116 cases of Salmonella Bareilly in multiple states: Alabama
(2), Arkansas (1), Connecticut (5), District of Columbia (2), Florida (1),
Georgia (5), Illinois (10), Louisiana (2), Maryland (11), Massachusetts (8),
Mississippi (1), Missouri (2), New Jersey (7), New York (24), North Carolina
(2), Pennsylvania (5), Rhode Island (5), South Carolina (3), Texas (3),
Virginia (5), and Wisconsin (12).
The raw yellowfin tuna product may have passed through
several distributors before reaching the restaurant and grocery market, and may
not be marked with lot information. Distributors and end users should consult
their suppliers to determine the origin of any Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA in
their possession.
What are the Symptoms of Illness/Injury?
Most persons infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts four to seven days, and most persons recover without treatment. However, in certain cases, the diarrhea may be so severe that the patient needs to be hospitalized. In these patients, the Salmonella infection may spread from the intestines to the blood stream, and then to other body sites and can cause death unless these patients are treated promptly with antibiotics.
Who is at Risk?
Infants, older adults, pregnant
women, and persons with impaired immune systems are more likely than others to
develop severe illness and should not eat raw or partially cooked fish or
shellfish. If you are unsure of your risk, ask your healthcare provider.
What Do Consumers Need To Do?
Because raw seafood is not fully
cooked to assure that pathogens are destroyed, it is not considered as “safe”
as cooked seafood. The handling of raw seafood can also affect the safety of
the product. Because the tuna may have been broken into unmarked sublots
and may not be readily identifiable, consumers should take precautions in
choosing to eat raw Nakaochi Scrape and be sure that it is not from the
implicated lots.
Consumers should take precautions
when choosing to eat raw seafood and be sure that the Nakaochi Scrape is not
from the implicated lots. When in doubt, don’t eat it.
Consumers who think they might
have become ill from eating possibly contaminated raw Nakaochi Scrape should
consult their health care providers. Many of the people who became ill reported
eating raw tuna in sushi as “spicy tuna.”
To report problems, including adverse reactions, related to
any food except meat and poultry, contact the FDA districtoffice consumer complaint coordinator for your geographic area.
What Do Product Sellers Need To Do?
Product sellers, including distributors and restaurants,
should consult their suppliers to determine whether the Nakaochi Scrape AA or
AAA in their possession originated from Moon Marine USA Corporation (also known
as MMI). The product may not be accompanied by lot numbers or labeling
information.
What Does the Product Look Like?
MMI distributed the Nakaochi
Scrape AA and AAA to several distributors that may have broken the shipments
into smaller lots for further distribution. The frozen raw yellowfin tuna product
was originally packaged in white boxes with black writing naming the importer as
Moon Marine USA Corporation (also known as MMI) and
identifying the contents as either Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA. The boxes contain
several vacuum-wrapped packages with no further labeling.
What is Being Done about the Problem?
The FDA is working with the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) and state and local partners to investigate the outbreak. The FDA is working closely with MMI to identify the implicated product and assist with its removal from the market.
The FDA is working with the Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) and state and local partners to investigate the outbreak. The FDA is working closely with MMI to identify the implicated product and assist with its removal from the market.
The
information in this press release reflects the FDA’s best efforts to
communicate what it has learned from the manufacturer and the state and local
public health agencies involved in the investigation. The agency will update
this page as more information becomes available.
For more information:
CDC: Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly Infections: http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/bareilly-04-12/index.html
FoodSafety.gov on Salmonella: http://www.foodsafety.gov/poisoning/causes/bacteriaviruses/salmonella/
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