{"id":5327,"date":"2025-05-12T20:18:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/?p=5327"},"modified":"2025-05-13T11:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:36:41","slug":"supermarket-recalls-chicken-products-over-diarrhoea-and-meningitis-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/supermarket-recalls-chicken-products-over-diarrhoea-and-meningitis-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Supermarket recalls chicken products over \u2018diarrhoea and meningitis\u2019 fears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The products have been recalled because they contain a deadly bacterium (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three Spar chicken products have been recalled over a deadly bacteria that has been found in them.<\/p>\n

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said Spar Enjoy Local Cooked Chicken Pieces and Spar Enjoy Local Cooked Chicken Slices, both 150g with a use-by date of May 21, 2025, have been recalled.<\/p>\n

Spar Enjoy Local Cooked Chicken Fillets 300g with the same use-by date have also been recalled.<\/p>\n

Each product’s batch number is 5126.<\/p>\n

The products contain a bacterium known as Listeria monocytogenes, <\/a>which can lead to serious health<\/a> complications.<\/p>\n

The FSA said: ‘Spar is recalling several chicken products because Listeria monocytogenes has been found in the products.<\/p>\n

‘If you have bought the above products, do not eat them.<\/p>\n

‘Instead, return the products to where they were bought for a full refund.’<\/p>\n

‘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,’ the agency added.<\/p>\n

‘However, in rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications, such as meningitis.’<\/p>\n

People over 65, pregnant women and children are at an increased risk of falling ill from the deadly bacteria.<\/p>\n

What are product recalls and withdrawals?<\/h2>\n

When there is a problem with a food product, it means it should not be sold.<\/p>\n

It can either be withdrawn (taken off the shelves) or recalled (when customers are asked to return the product).<\/p>\n

In some cases, a \u2018Food Alert for Action\u2019 is issued, which provides local authorities with details of specific action to be taken on behalf of consumers.<\/p>\n

Recent examples of other food recalls<\/h2>\n

ASDA customers were warned not to eat its Hot & Spicy Chicken Breast Slices<\/a> packaged after it included the wrong use-by date.<\/p>\n

Morrisons urgently recalled<\/a> its 400g packs of Morrisons The Best Thick Cumberland Sausages with a \u2018use by\u2019 date of May 1 over fears it \u2018may contain small pieces of blue plastic\u2019.<\/p>\n

While an Italian ready meal brand recalled its beef lasagne earlier this month for being made of lobster and prawn<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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