The agency found histamine contamination exceeding the tolerated limits; The investigation began after an outbreak of food poisoning symptoms in Campinas child education centers
The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvis) banned the marketing, distribution and use of a batch of grated tuna produced by the Cellier brand, following reports of food poisoning. Anvisa also determined the collection of the product in the markets.
It is a lot manufactured on May 8 of this year, valid until May 8, 2025. The provision was published in the Friday 18 edition of the Official Journal of the Union.
OR Stadium contacted the brand via email, but has not yet received a response.
In a statement, Anvisa said it had received a report from the San Paolo Health Surveillance Center (CVS-SP) on the occurrence of an outbreak with symptoms compatible with histamine food poisoning, in the Campinas Child Education Centers (CEI). This would have happened at the end of July.
Contamination of the product with histamine exceeding the limits tolerated by health legislation has been confirmed by laboratory tests, according to Anvisa.
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What is Histamine?
Anvisa explained that histamine is a substance that can form after the fish die, when handling and storage conditions are inadequate. The substance is not removed by heat treatments, such as cooking, during the manufacture of the final product, in this case canned tuna. Fish can contain toxic levels of the substance without showing signs.
Consuming this contaminated food can cause numbness, tingling and burning sensation in the mouth, rash in the upper trunk, blood pressure drop, headache and itchy skin, which can progress to nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. The disease is usually mild and the symptoms disappear within a few hours. Older people and people with health problems, however, may have more severe symptoms.
Source: Terra
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