Various chilled and ready-to-eat foods have been pulled from supermarket shelves over fears they may be contaminated with Listeria.
Bread Spread is recalling all chilled foods under brand names "Bread Spread", "Orbital Foods", and "Perfect Bite" as bacteria may cause serious symptoms.
Foods concerned include sandwiches, wraps, baguettes, twists, frenchsticks, and torpidos with a range of fillings.
Listeria can cause symptoms similar to flu, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). In rare cases, it can cause more serious complications.
A range of products have been recalled over fears of contamination
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“Symptoms caused by the organism can be similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea,” according to the FSA.
“However, in rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications such as meningitis.”
According to the Food Standards Agency, the products concerned are:
Bread Spread Ready To Eat Products
- Pack size - All pack sizes
- Use by - All codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Orbital Foods Ready To Eat productions
- Pack size - All pack sizes
- Use by - All codes up to and including 18 May 2024
Perfect Bite Ready To Eat Products
- Pack size - All pack sizes
- Use by - All codes up to and including 18 May 2024
“Some people are more vulnerable to listeria infections, including those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and unborn babies, babies less than one-month-old and people with weakened immune systems.”
The manufacturers of the above products have urged consumers who have bought them “not to eat them”.
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Customers have been urged to return the products to their original point of sale
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Instead, return the products to where they were bought, with information available from breadspread2501@gmail.com.
When is a food product recalled?
According to the FSA, a food is recalled “when there is a problem with [the] product”. The item “might be ‘withdrawn’ (taken off the shelves) or ‘recalled’ (when customers are asked to return the product).
“The FSA issues Product Withdrawal Information Notices and Product Recall Information Notices to let consumers and local authorities know about problems associated with food,” it says.
“In some cases, a ‘Food Alert for Action’ is issued. This provides local authorities with details of specific actions to be taken on behalf of consumers”.