More fresh salad leaves have been recalled by the food safety watchdog after listeria was detected and consumers have been warned not to eat the affected products.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) issued an alert over bags of baby spinach and mixed baby leaves products by Garden of Eden over the presence of listeria monocytogenes.
Garden of Eden Baby Spinach in 100g, 200g and 500g bags carrying the batch codes F2776 and F2786 have been recalled and their mixed baby leaves in 100g and 500g bags with batch codes 0805B, 0805P, 0805R, 0805Y have also been recalled.
Retailers have been told to remove the implicated batches from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale while wholesalers and distributors have been told to contact their affected customers and recall the implicated batches and provide a point-of-sale recall notice to their retailer customers.
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Caterers have been warned against using implicated batches and consumers have been told not to eat any of the products in question.
In an unrelated incident in July one person died and at least nine people fell ill after developing listeriosis which is caused by the bacteria listeria monocytogenes in an outbreak the FSAI described as extensive.
It resulted in a “voluntary, precautionary recall” of 141 ready-meals produced by Ballymaguire Foods.
And over recent weeks there have been recalls for various types of goats cheese, potted coriander, hummus, mixed leaves and spinach.
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The multiple recalls prompted the FSAI to issue a statement clarifying that the subsequent recalls were not related to the outbreak in ready-meals and that it carries out inspections of food production facilities.
Serious infection with listeriosis is “very rare”, the authority said, with an average of between 14 and 22 cases in Ireland annually.
