Ewing Seafoods recalls further batches of Smoked Salmon products due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
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.
The NHS says listeriosis is more likely to be serious for anyone who is pregnant, newborn babies, older people and people with a weakened immune system. Read the NHS guidance.
Check your pack
Organic Smoked Salmon
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Smoked Salmon
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What to do
Advice from the FSA notice:
- If you have bought any of the above products do not eat them. Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
Why it was recalled
The FSA's risk statement:
The presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the products listed above.
Symptoms caused by this organism can be similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea. However, in rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications, such as meningitis.
Some people are more vulnerable to listeria infections, including those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and their unborn babies, babies less than one month old and people with weakened immune systems.
The products listed above might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Details from the notice
Listeria monocytogenes has been found in two batches of Organic Smoked Salmon. As a precautionary measure, Ewing Seafoods is recalling further batches of Organic Smoked Salmon and Original Recipe Smoked Salmon, as they may also be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
A Product Recall Information Notice tells the public about food that is unsafe and is being removed from sale.
What the business is doing
Ewing Seafoods is recalling the above products. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling these products. The notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. See attached point of sale notice.
Where it was sold
The FSA lists this alert for: Northern Ireland.
Updates to this recall
- Original alert: Ewing Seafoods recalls its Organic Smoked Salmon due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
- Update 1: Ewing Seafoods recalls further batches of Smoked Salmon products due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
- Added product: Smoked Salmon
- New batch or date details: batch All batch codes
How this recall compares
- Listeria has caused 73 UK food recalls since 2018, most often in dairy and cheese, followed by meat and poultry. All listeria recalls
Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.
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