Fancy some blue chicken in your sandwich, or metal pieces in your ice cream? No, me neither. But those are some of the things that have caused food products to be recalled from shops since the beginning of 2016.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) raises an alert when potentially harmful foods reach the marketplace in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. A total of 102 notices were posted between January 2016 and 29 March 2017.
More than a third of alerts are due to bacteria in food, including salmonella, E coli and listeria, which are often found in chicken and cheese. In February 2016 three supermarkets – Sainsbury’s, the Co-op and Asda – recalled Camembert cheese owing to concerns about the possible presence of listeria.
Nine recalls have been issued after salmonella was found in vegetable products including stir-fry mixes, spinach, guacamole, cumin powder and sesame seeds.
Following the discovery of faeces in empty cans at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Northern Ireland this week, it’s worth noting that recalls prompted by suspicions of tampering are rare. Two have been issued in the past 15 months, when small batteries were found in hollow milk-chocolate Santas and Bunnies at the Co-op supermarket.
Listeria, batteries and botulism: why food products get recalled
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