Update 4 - SFC recalls SFC Chicken products because of the presence of Salmonella

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What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. 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 or alternatively, email a photo of the product packaging clearly showing the best before date and where the product was purchased, to [email protected] for a refund and then safely dispose of the product at home.

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

The presence of Salmonella in the products listed above.

Symptoms caused by Salmonella usually include fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.

Details from the notice

SFC are recalling an extended range of SFC products because Salmonella has been found in some of their product ranges. This update extends the recall to all SFC products for certain dates, listed in the table below and adds an additional product, Little Hill Farm Chicken Breast Fillets. All batch codes are affected with best before dates up to and including 30 of June 2022. Products after this best before date are not affected.

The business put additional food safety controls in place in November 2020 to improve the safety of their products. They have now taken the precautionary step of recalling all products manufactured before the new and additional controls were put in place.

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

What the business is doing

SFC is recalling the above products. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling these products. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notice.

Updates to this recall

1. 18 February 2021 · FSA-PRIN-10-2021
   Original alert: SFC recalls SFC Chicken products because of the presence of Salmonella
2. 23 February 2021 · FSA-PRIN-10-2021-update-1
   Update 1: SFC recalls SFC Chicken products because of the presence of Salmonella
   • New batch or date details: batch L 15520 L 13720
3. 3 March 2021 · FSA-PRIN-10-2021-update-2
   Update 2: SFC recalls SFC Chicken products because of the presence of Salmonella
   • Added product: SFC Take-Home Boneless Bucket
   • Removed product: SFC Take Home Boneless Bucket
   • New batch or date details: batch All codes; batch L:13720 L:15520; batch L:25820
4. 10 March 2021 · FSA-PRIN-10-2021-update-3
   Update 3: Update 3 - SFC recalls SFC Chicken products because of the presence of Salmonella
   • New batch or date details: best before 24 September 2021 31 October 2021
   • Advice to consumers was updated
5. 12 March 2021 · FSA-PRIN-10-2021-update-4
   Update 4: Update 4 - SFC recalls SFC Chicken products because of the presence of Salmonella
   • Added 15 products: SFC Crispy Dippers; SFC Crispy Dippers (Halal); SFC Poppets; SFC Poppets (Halal); SFC Take-Home Boneless Box; SFC Take-Home Boneless Box; SFC Take-Home Boneless Box; SFC Take-Home Boneless Box (Halal); SFC Chicken Nuggets; SFC Southern Fried Chicken Strips; SFC Southern Fried Chicken Strips; SFC Southern Fried Chicken Strips (Halal); SFC Mega Box; SFC Southern Fried Chicken Burgers; Little Hill Farm Chicken Breast Fillets
   • Removed 2 products: SFC Chicken Poppets; SFC Chicken Poppets
   • New batch or date details: best before Up to and including 30 of June 2022 …
   • Advice to consumers was updated

How this recall compares

• Salmonella has caused 91 UK food recalls since 2018, most often in meat and poultry, followed by nuts, seeds and dried fruit. All salmonella recalls

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.

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