Greenyard Frozen UK Ltd Recalls Various Frozen Vegetable Products Due To Possible Contamination With Listeria Monocytogenes
Recall Summary Greenyard Frozen UK Ltd is recalling numerous frozen vegetable products sold under various brand names (including Pinguin, Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Lidl, Iceland, Aldi, and others) because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. Listeria infection can cause flu-like symptoms including fever, muscle aches, chills, nausea, and diarrhea, and poses particular risk to people over 65, pregnant women, newborns under one month old, and those with weakened immune systems. The affected products were distributed throughout the United Kingdom.
- Recalling firm
- Greenyard Frozen UK Ltd
- Product
- Products: Pinguin Frozen Sweetcorn; Pinguin Supersweet Sweetcorn; Waitrose Essential Supersweet Sweetcorn; Waitrose Essential Mixed Vegetable; Tesco Frozen Mixed Vegetables; Waitrose Fine Cut Vegetable Steamer; Waitrose Love Life Vegetable Medley Steamers; Sainsbury Frozen Special Mixed Vegetables; Growers Pride Mixed Vegetables; Sainsbury Frozen Basic Mixed Vegetables; Sainsbury Frozen Rice Broccoli and Sweetcorn; Sainsbury Frozen Mixed Vegetables; Tesco Frozen Broccoli, Carrot and Sweetcorn Steamer; Sainsbury Frozen Carrot Broccoli and Sweetcorn; Pinguin Supersweet Corn; Lidl Frozen...
- 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. 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
- 2018-07-05
- Status
- Ongoing
- Distribution
- United Kingdom
Official recall notice from UK Food Standards Agency
Recall details on Nibble Recalls: https://trynibble.app/recalls/b888811e-1c3d-4595-bfe0-08f926e70cc2