CHICKEN sold at shops including Tesco and Sainsbury’s has been recalled over salmonella fears.
The Food Standards Agency issued a further recall yesterday for certain batches of SFC Chicken Poppets and Take-Home Boneless Bucket products.
The FSA issued a recall for further batches of SFC Chicken Poppets over salmonella fears
Recall notices have previously been issued for certain batches of these products due to salmonella concerns, and usually are sold in stores like Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
Shoppers have been warned not to eat the chicken and can get a full refund if they return to the shop they bought it from.
It comes as five people are feared to have died in the UK after eating contaminated chicken made in Poland by two manufacturers – including SFC.
The other was Vestey Foods, which recalled its Chicken Inn jumbo chicken nuggets with the packet size of 650g, which is usually sold at stores like B&M and Heron Foods.
This recall covers the batch code 31453058 and the best before date of 01/2022.
Some 480 people are known to have fallen ill with salmonella poisoning with more than one in three becoming so sick they needed hospital treatment.
However, it is not know which products were eaten or where they were bought from.
Public health watchdogs say the salmonella infection has been recorded as a contributory cause of death in at least one case.
A further four deaths have been linked to the outbreaks, although it is not clear whether salmonella infection was a factor for those.
Symptoms caused by salmonella usually include fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.
Now, more batches of SFC chicken have been added to the recall list.
All batches of Take-Home Boneless Buckets with a best before date of November 28, 2021 have been recalled.
Previously, this only applied to one batch – with the code L19720 – of the chicken with the same best before date.
Further recalls have been issued for 190g packets of SFC Chicken Poppets.
Salmonella has been found in an additional batch – with the code L15520 – of this item with the best before date of October 31 2021.
SFC’s Take Home Boneless Bucket was also affected
Chicken Poppets with a best before date of February 28 2022 with the batch code L25820 should also not be eaten.
Previously, salmonella was only found in the following batches last month:
- Chicken Poppets with a best before date of September 24 2021 with the batch codes L:13720 and L:15520
- Chicken Poppets with the best before date of October 31 2021 with the batch code L:13720
- Chicken Poppets with the best before date of February 28 2022 with batch codes PKW008A and PKW011A
The latest recall has led Tesco to withdraw all of SFC’s products from sale and delist it as a supplier.
Sainsbury’s has also withdrawn all Take-Home Boneless Buckets with a best before date of November 28, 2021.
It has also issued a notice for SFC Chicken Poppets packets that were recalled last month, with a best before date of October 31 with the batch code L13720.
