What is wrong with Ceres drink?

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has announced the recall of some batches of Ceres 100% Juice on the Ghanaian market. This follows information that the products contain high levels of mycotoxin-patulin, a food mould, above the regulatory threshold.

What is a 5 log pathogen reduction?

A 5-log reduction means inactivating 99.999% of a microbe or colony forming units (which is a measure of viable bacterial or fungal numbers or counts, also known as CFUs). This is calculated using a logarithmic scale, which stands for a 10-fold (or one decimal place) reduction in CFUs.

What does the FDA consider juice?

The regulation applies to juice sold as such or used as an ingredient in beverages. Juice means the aqueous liquid expressed or extracted from one or more fruits or vegetables, purees of the edible portions of one or more fruits or vegetables, or any concentrates of such liquid or puree.

Is Orange Juice potentially hazardous?

Despite Acidity, Orange Juice Could Still Be A Source Of Foodborne Disease. Summary: Orange juice and other foods traditionally not associated with foodborne disease outbreaks can still be a source of disease, although rare. Public health officials should be aware of this possibility and on guard, say scientists.

Is Ceres juice safe?

The level of patulin detected may cause the products to be unsafe for consumption if there is long-term intake. The ingestion of large amounts of patulin from food is associated with nausea, gastrointestinal disturbances and vomiting. Brief exposure without excessive intake is unlikely to pose health issues.

What is a 4 log reduction?

4 log reduction means the number of germs is 10,000 times smaller. 5 log reduction means the number of germs is 100,000 times smaller. 6 log reduction means the number of germs is 1,000,000 times smaller. 7 log reduction means the number of germs is 10,000,000 times smaller.

How do you calculate log reduction?

Log Reduction Calculator

  1. Formula. Log Reduction = log10 (A/B)
  2. Initial Quantity.
  3. Final Quantity (after treatment for microorganisms)

Is coconut water juice FDA?

Yes. Coconut is considered to be a fruit and any liquid extracted from coconut (i.e., water or milk from the meat) is considered a juice and is therefore subject to the regulation (see 58 FR 2892 at 2910; January 6, 1993, and 63 FR 20450 at 20451; April 24, 1998). 3.

What juices are not pasteurized?

Most of these outbreaks involved unpasteurized juices and ciders such as apple cider, orange juice and lemonades. Other fresh fruit juices such as pineapple, carrot, coconut, cane sugar, banana, acai and mixed fruit juices have also made people ill. The most common pathogens in unpasteurized juice are E.

Does the FDA regulate juice?

D. However, packaged juice produced at a retail establishment is subject to FDA’s food labeling regulation in 21 CFR 101.17(g), which requires a warning statement on fruit and vegetable juice products that have not been processed to prevent, reduce, or eliminate pathogenic microorganisms.

Is Ceres fruit juice healthy?

Vitamin C is a vital nutrient for one’s health. It occurs naturally in some foods, especially, fruit and vegetables. When we say that Ceres fruit juice is a ‘high in vitamin C’ it is because it has at least 30% of Nutrient Reference value per serving of juice.