Ewing Seafoods Recalls Further Batches Of Smoked Salmon Products Due To Contamination With Listeria Monocytogenes
Recall Summary Ewing Seafoods is recalling Organic Smoked Salmon and Smoked Salmon products sold in the UK because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria that can cause illness. Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, nausea, and diarrhea, though the infection can occasionally lead to serious complications like meningitis, particularly in older adults, pregnant women, babies under one month old, and people with weakened immune systems.
- Recalling firm
- Ewing Seafoods
- Product
- Products: Organic Smoked Salmon; Smoked Salmon.
- Reason
- The products listed above might be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Symptoms caused by this organism can be similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea. However, in rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications, such as meningitis. Some people are more vulnerable to listeria infections, including those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and their unborn babies, babies less than one month old and people with weakened immune systems.
- Classification
- Class I
- Category
- food recall
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Agency
- UK Food Standards Agency
- Recall date
- 2018-08-23
- Status
- Ongoing
- Distribution
- United Kingdom
Official recall notice from UK Food Standards Agency
Recall details on Nibble Recalls: https://trynibble.app/recalls/19926ac1-1e31-43b4-b876-188bbea17bd0