Product recall Published FSA-PRIN-21-2019

Birmingham Halal Abattoir (UK 4496) recalls meat and pet food products because they may be unsafe

This recall applies to everyone who bought the product

The FSA has said the product may be unsafe to eat. Check the details below against your pack.

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Sheep Feet

Pack size: 5kg bags containing 36 feet
Details
All batches produced and purchased up to and including 29 April 2019

Sheep Tripe (intended as fit for human consumption)

Pack size: 6kg bags containing either 6 or 4 tripe
Details
All batches produced and purchased up to and including 29 April 2019

Sheep Tripe (intended as pet food)

Pack size: All pack sizes
Details
All batches produced and purchased up to and including 29 April 2019

Sheep Intestines

Pack size: all pack sizes
Details
All batches produced and purchased up to and including 29 April 2019

What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

  1. If you have bought any of the above products do not eat them or feed them to your pet. Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
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Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Some of the products do not meet food and feed safety requirements and are therefore unsafe to eat or be fed to pets.

Details from the notice

Birmingham Halal Abattoir (UK 4496) is recalling sheep and lamb meat and pet food products because they may contain meat which is unfit for human and pet consumption.

Meat and pet food from four product lines which should have been removed from production have been packaged with meat and pet food which passed inspection. As it is not possible to identify which batches contained the unfit product, Birmingham Halal Abattoir has taken the precautionary step of recalling all batches of the products listed below as it might contain meat that is unsafe.

A Product Recall Information Notice tells the public about food that is unsafe and is being removed from sale.

What the business is doing

Birmingham Halal Abattoir is recalling the above products. Point of sale notices will be displayed at all points these products were put on sale. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought these products.

Where it was sold

The FSA lists this alert for: England.

How this recall compares

  • Unsafe production has caused 35 UK food recalls since 2018, most often in meat and poultry, followed by fruit and vegetables. All unsafe production recalls

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.