Update 1: Food Alert "For Action": To: Consumers and Food Business who have purchased products from Bread Spread Ltd

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What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. If you have purchased any products listed above, or any other products that are chilled or ready-to-eat from Bread Spread Ltd , do not eat them. Instead, dispose of the products safely, at home.

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

The presence of Listeria monocytogenes, a number of hygiene and traceability contraventions which makes these products unsafe to eat.

The presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the above products.

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.

Details from the notice

PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED AND SUPPLIED BY BREAD SPREAD SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SALE AND NOT CONSUMED BECAUSE OF SERIOUS FOOD SAFETY RISKS

Environmental Health and Trading Standards Services have been alerted to remove chilled and ready-to-eat products that include baguettes, french sticks, sandwiches, rolls, wraps and pasta salads manufactured and supplied by Bread Spread Ltd, 22 Balfour Business Centre, Balfour Road, Southall, England, UB2 5BD, under the brand name, Bread Spread, Orbital Foods and Perfect Bite because they have not been manufactured in accordance with food law requirements.

Listeria monocytogenes has been found in some of the products. These products are also subject to a number of hygiene and traceability contraventions which makes them unsafe to eat.

All food businesses such as catering establishments and corner shops, across the UK supplied by Bread Spread Ltd should withdraw from sale any chilled and ready-to-eat foods and recall from consumers any of these products sold at retail because they are unsafe to eat. Products should be disposed of safely.

It is a developing situation, the list of affected products below may be incomplete. All chilled and ready-to eat foods with a use-by date up to and including 20 May 2024 manufactured or supplied by Bread Spead Ltd are affected.

This recall has been extended to include the pasta salads.

A Food Alert for Action asks local authorities and businesses to take specific action, usually because the problem is serious or widespread.

Updates to this recall

1. 13 May 2024 · FSA-FAFA-01-2024
   Original alert: Food Alert For Action: Consumers and Food Businesses who have purchased products from Bread Spread Ltd
2. 16 May 2024 · FSA-FAFA-01-2024-update-1
   Update 1: Update 1: Food Alert "For Action": To: Consumers and Food Business who have purchased products from Bread Spread Ltd
   • Added 3 products: Chicken sweetcorn pasta; Chicken tikka pasta; Tuna and sweetcorn pasta
   • New batch or date details: use by All date codes up to and including 20 May 2024
   • Advice to consumers was updated

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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