Some Supervalu and Tesco salad products recalled after Listeria detected
Eva Osborne
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has recalled some salad products after Listeria was found.
It comes days after an outbreak of listeriosis led to the death of one person and forced hundreds of products to be pulled from the shelves of popular supermarkets like Tesco, Supervalu, and Centra.
Shops have been told to remove seven product lines of salad leaves, produced by McCormack Family Farms, from shelves.
The recalled products are:
- McCormack Family Farms Energise Super Mix;
- McCormack Family Farms Irish Spinach Leaves;
- McCormack Family Farms Mixed Leaves;
- McCormack Family Farms Baby Leaves;
- Tesco Mild Spinach;
- Egan’s Irish Baby Spinach;
- SuperValu Spinach bag (Unwashed).
Last week, more than 200 product lines of ready meals, by a different manufacturer, were recalled after the same bacteria was detected.
Symptoms of Listeria monocytogenes infection can include mild flu-like symptoms, or gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
In rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications. Some people are more vulnerable to Listeria monocytogenes infections, including pregnant women, babies, and people with weakened immune systems, including the elderly.
The incubation period (time between initial infection and first symptoms appearing) is on average three weeks but can range between three and 70 days.
