Update 1: Tahira Foods recalls a number of products because of poor temperature control

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What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. If you have bought the above products do not eat them. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund. Any of the products listed above sold at Asda, Coop, Morrisons and/or Sainsburys are not affected and therefore should not be returned to stores, refunds will not be provided at these stores.

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

Insufficient temperature control makes these products unsafe to eat.

Details from the notice

Tahira Foods Limited is recalling a number of products because there has been a breakdown in temperature control which makes these products unsafe to eat. This product recall information notice has been updated to provide specific batch codes and replaces the previous alert.

Any of the products listed below sold at Asda, Coop, Morrisons and/or Sainsburys are not affected.

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

What the business is doing

Tahira Foods Limited is recalling the above products from customers. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling the products affected. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tells them what to do if they have bought the products. Any of the products listed above sold at Asda, Coop, Morrisons and/or Sainsburys are not affected. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

• Sainsbury's
• Asda
• Morrisons
• Co-op

The FSA lists this alert for: England, Scotland.

Updates to this recall

1. 18 February 2023 · FSA-PRIN-05-2023
   Original alert: Tahira Foods recalls a number of products because of poor temperature control
2. 21 February 2023 · FSA-PRIN-05-2023-update-1
   Update 1: Update 1: Tahira Foods recalls a number of products because of poor temperature control
   • New batch or date details: batch 63479, 64318, 64167, 64678, 64978; batch 63479, 64318, 64399, 64978, 64678; batch 22300, 22363; batch 64338, 64840; batch 64399, 64101; batch 64338; batch 22363; batch 4811
   • Advice to consumers was updated

How this recall compares

• This was the 5th recall involving Sainsbury's in the 12 months to 18 February 2023. All Sainsbury's recalls
• Temperature control has caused 4 UK food recalls since 2018, most often in dairy and cheese, followed by plant-based, vegan and free-from. All temperature control recalls

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.

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