MPI

New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public to return Peter Timbs cooked sliced roast beef, cooked sliced ham and whole hams, and boneless cooked smoked chicken products sold from selected Christchurch supermarkets and retailers, as they may contain Listeria bacteria.

Peter Timbs Meats Ltd have initiated a recall of the affected products.

Information about specific brands, product names, batches, dates and names of stores selling the product is available on MPI’s website.

Food recall – Peter Timbs Meats Ltd

Listeria can make people sick (listeriosis) if they consume contaminated food.

New Zealand Food Safety national manager food compliance services, Melinda Sando, says customers should return products to the retailer for a full refund or cook thoroughly (piping hot all the way through). For the large hams this means an internal temperature of 75 degrees Celsius.

“Listeriosis infection can be serious among vulnerable groups such as pregnant women and their unborn babies, newborn babies, people with weakened immune systems, and elderly people.

“For those in the high-risk groups, listeriosis typically has an incubation period of 2 to 3 weeks (or longer) before symptoms appear.

“Healthy adults are likely to experience only mild infection, causing mild diarrhoea and flu-like symptoms.

“If you have consumed any of these products and have any concerns about your health, seek medical advice,” says Ms Sando.

New Zealand Food Safety have not received any reports of illness.

Peter Timbs Meats Ltd initiated the recall as testing identified Listeria in some products.

Food Safety News

Although company officials did not report how the contamination was discovered, Marquis Worldwide Speciality Inc. is recalling its organic enoki mushrooms because of concerns about Listeria monocytogenes.

The company in Industry, CA, is warning consumers to throw away the fresh mushrooms even if they don’t look or smell spoiled, according to the firm’s recall notice posted by the Food and Drug Administration.

The recall notice states the product “does not have a clear date of expiration” because “it is a vegetable.” No identifying codes are on the packaging.

Marquis Worldwide Speciality distributed the enoki mushrooms nationwide to produce wholesalers and retailers.

The 200-gram plastic packages that are clear on the top and orange on the bottom. The packages have “Conah Organic enoki mushroom” written on the front of the packages.

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ENCOUNTERED PROBLEM

Presence of Listeria monocytogenes

PROPOSED SOLUTION

People who may have this product are asked not to consume it and to return it to the point of sale where it was purchased.

People who have consumed this product and who present with fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, are invited to consult their attending physician, notifying him of this consumption.
Pregnant women should pay special attention to these symptoms, as well as immunocompromised people and the elderly. These symptoms may suggest listeriosis, a disease that can be serious and can take up to eight weeks to incubate.

FURTHER INFORMATION

▸ Lot
05/29/21

▸ DLC – DDM
05/29/21

▸ Geographic sales area
CALVADOS (14), EURE (27), ORNE (61)

▸ Distributors
E. Leclerc, Intermarché

▸ Source
EARL GOUPIL