Following the recent outbreak of listeria in Europe, a number of major UK supermarkets have announced that they will have to recall some of their frozen vegetable products. There are concerns that these products could be contaminated with the bacteria and the public need to be protected. Products in six of the biggest supermarkets are affected.
What are the concerns?
The recent outbreak of listeria in Europe is a massive and ongoing concern. So, far, there have been 47 confirmed cases, nine of which were fatal. Health organisations have warned that it could be linked to frozen vegetables. Last week, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued a list of at risk products. The products were distributed by Belgium based supplier, Greenyear Frozen.
The FSA said in a statement that Greenyard “has taken the precautionary step of voluntarily recalling various frozen vegetable products because they might contain Listeria monocytogenes”. It added that “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”.
Which products are affected?
The affected products are being sold at six of the UK’s largest and most popular supermarkets. It includes packets of frozen vegetables like sweetcorn and mixed vegetables.
The products that have been recalled are:
Pinguin frozen Sweetcorn
Tesco frozen Broccoli, Carrot and Sweetcorn Steamer
Tesco frozen Every Day Value Sweetcorn
Ross Mixed Vegetables
One Stop frozen Sweetcorn
Aldi Four Seasons frozen Vegetable Steamers
Aldi Frozen Four Seasons Mixed Vegetables
Pinguin Sweetcorn
Aldi Four Seasons 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’s frozen Special Mixed Vegetables
Growers Pride Mixed Vegetables
Sainsbury’s frozen Basic Mixed Vegetables
Sainsbury’s frozen Rice Broccoli and Sweetcorn
Tesco Frozen Growers Harvest Carrot Peas and Sweetcorn Steamer
Tesco Frozen Growers Harvest Mixed Vegetables
Sainsbury’s frozen Mixed Vegetables
Sainsbury’s frozen Carrot Broccoli and Sweetcorn
Lidl frozen Green Grocer Supersweet Corn
Tesco Growers Harvest frozen Mixed Vegetables
Lidl frozen Freshona Vegetable Mix
Iceland frozen Mixed Vegetables
Pinguin frozen Mixed Vegetables
Independent Mix Vegetables
Ross Mixed Vegetables
Pinguin Mixed Vegetable
Pinguin frozen Cut Beans
Growers Pride Mixed Vegetables
Ross Mixed Country Vegetables
Growers Pride Supersweet Sweetcorn
Pinguin frozen Golden Rice and Vegetables
Growers Pride Supersweet Sweetcorn
Ross Sweetcorn
Tesco Frozen Sweetcorn
Tesco frozen Mixed Vegetables and Peppers
Tesco Broccoli Frozen Sweetcorn Peas and Spinach Steamer
It’s suspected that these products could contain Listeria monocytogenes which can lead to listeriosis. The FSA advice to anyone who has already purchased the products is to not eat them and return them to the supermarket that they were purchased at.
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