The Food Standards Agency have released more supermarket recalls and warns customers of some products liked to salmonella poisoning.
Consumers are now being warned to check their cupboards with several Tayto Group Ltd pork scratching products purchased since February linking back to the outbreak.
These include Mr Porky, Jay’s and The Real Pork Crackling Company products.
Other recalls also include jelly products as well as glass bottles with multiple reports of them exploding. That recall can be found here.
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Products being recalled - Mr Porky Original Scratching
- Mr Porky Original Scratchings
Pack Size:40 & 65g, 6x16.5g, and 5x16.5g
Best Before: All dates up to and including 19 February 2022
- Mr Porky Crispy Strips
Pack Size: 35g
Best before: All dates up to and including 19 February 2022
- Mr Porky Crackles
Pack Size: 70g
Best before: All dates up to and including 19 February 2022
- Mr Porky Prime Cut Scratchings
Pack size: 35g
Best before: All dates up to and including 19 February 2022
- Jay's Pork Scratchings
Pack size: 60g
Best before: All dates up to and including 19 February 2022
- The Real Pork Crackling Company Pork Crunch
Pack size: 30g and 70g
Best before: All dates up to and including 19 February 2022
Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s is recalling On the Go Spicy Chicken Pasta because it contains milk which is not mentioned on the label.
This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents.
Due to a packaging error, some packs may contain cheese and tomato pasta not spicy chicken pasta.
Product: Sainsbury's On the Go Spicy Chicken Pasta
Pack size: 275g
Best Before date: 30 August 2021
If you have bought the above product and have an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents do not eat it.
Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.
Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Iceland
- Quorn - Vegetarian Turkey and Stuffing Slices
Quorn Foods is recalling Quorn Vegetarian Turkey and Stuffing Slices because it contains wheat (gluten).
The product is incorrectly labelled with a gluten free logo. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to wheat or gluten.
Product: Quorn Vegetarian Turkey and Stuffing Slices
Pack size: 170 g
Best before date: all date codes
Allergens: gluten (wheat)
Symptoms of salmonellosis
Testing has found a link to 176 reported cases of salmonella poisoning across the UK between September 2020 until now.
Production was voluntary halted at the factory linked to the outbreak once a possible link was first identified earlier at the beginning of August.
Symptoms can end up being severe leading to hospitalisation, especially in those who are young and anyone with a weakened immune system. Thankfully symptoms of salmonellosis typically resolve themselves within four to seven days.
Signs to look out for include:
- Diarrhoea
- Abdominal cramps
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Fever. However
What to do if you have any of the recalled products?
If you have bought any of the above products do not eat them and instead return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
Tina Potter, Head of Incidents at the Food Standards Agency, said:
"We are advising consumers not to eat any of the products listed in the FSA alert. It is really important that consumers follow this advice to avoid the risk of becoming ill with salmonella poisoning.
"The food business involved has voluntarily suspended its production to put additional controls in place to improve the safety of their products and they have decided on a voluntary basis to withdraw and recall all of the products within shelf-life produced at this site.”
Dr Lesley Larkin, Surveillance Lead, Gastrointestinal Pathogens Unit at Public Health England, added:
“We have established a link between the 176 cases based on the analysis of data obtained through whole genome sequencing and epidemiological investigations.
“These investigations, together with those carried out by local authorities, have indicated the source of infection is pork scratchings produced by a single company in the UK. The Food Standards Agency has acted on these findings to mitigate any further risk to public health from the contaminated food.
“Salmonella can be spread from person to person, so anyone affected should adhere to good hygiene practices including washing your hands thoroughly after using the bathroom and avoiding handling food for others if you have symptoms. Anybody with concerns that they have symptoms of salmonellosis should contact their GP or call NHS 111.”
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