Irish dairy company Dunlavin Dairy has been forced to recall all of its products sold in stores across Ireland after it was discovered that they were produced in an ‘unapproved establishment’.
Products affected by the recall include raw and unpasturised milk, semi-skimmed milk, buttermilk, cream, and butter.
According to a statement released by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), “all Dunlavin Dairy products including those bearing approval number IE 1989 EC or raw milk registration number RM02 are being recalled as the products were produced in an unapproved establishment."
Officials have confirmed that all batches with every use-by-date are affected by this recall.
Environment Health Officers will be ensuring that all implicated batches are recalled from sale as part of their routine checks.
Retailers have been asked to remove the implicated batches from sale and to display a point-of-sale recall notice in stores where the affected batches were sold.
Meanwhile, any caterers who would use these products have been warned to not use the implicated batches.
The same recall notice was issued by the FSAI back in November 2020 to Dunlavin Dairy, when a spokesperson for the company told RTÉ News that it never failed a milk quality test carried out by the Department of Agriculture.
The spokesperson said the move was due to a dispute with authorities responsible for regulating and overseeing the processing plant.
Dunlavin Dairy sells a range of raw milk, which is non-pastured, non-homogenised and according to its Facebook page is "straight from the cow".
