Popular supermarket product flagged over ‘Listeria' fears
Consumers of popular supermarket product a2 Light Milk (2L) are being advised to return the item for a full refund amid Listeria contamination fears.
The a2 Milk Company (Australia) Pty Ltd is conducting a recall of the product, which has been available for sale exclusively in WA.
Items marked 'Use by 06/06 #41' have been specifically flagged for Microbial (Listeria monocytogenes) contamination.
Shoppers are cautioned against consuming the product, and encouraged to seek medical advice if concerned for their health.
Listeria monocytogenes is a strain of bacterium found in soil, water, decaying vegetation or animals.
According to foodstandards.gov.au, it is known to cause severe illness in pregnant women, unborn babies, neonates, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals. Consumers of popular supermarket product a2 Light Milk (2L) are being advised to return the item for a full refund amid Listeria contamination fears. Credit: a2 Milk Company
However, consumption can also cause illness among the general population.
The brand can be found in popular chains, including Woolworths, Aldi, and Coles.
The a2 Milk Company was founded in New Zealand in 2000, with sources its milk from 'cows specially selected to naturally produce milk with only A2-type protein'.
Consumers can contact The a2 Milk Company (Australia) Pty Ltd for more information.
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She said at the time she believed they were dried mushrooms purchased from Melbourne but then conceded they may have been foraged. "Now I think that there was a possibility that there were foraged ones in there as well." This week, Ms Patterson has told the court she developed an interest in foraging and eating mushrooms during Victoria's COVID lockdowns in 2020, eventually building up the confidence to cook and eat the mushrooms she gathered from areas around her Gippsland home. Ms Patterson said she organised the lunch as part of an ongoing bid to proactively bolster her relationship with the wider Patterson family, who she feared was becoming more distant during her separation from husband Simon. Ms Patterson told the court she realised around May or June that she probably needed to be more "proactive" in maintaining her relationships. "I had become a little worried that perhaps … that there might be some distance growing between me and the Patterson family," she said. "I wasn't sure if there was a gathering or two that I hadn't been invited to." In June, she had invited Simon Patterson and his parents over for lunch, which her children also attended. She said that was a "great" lunch and the kids "really enjoyed it".Ms Patterson said she invited Heather Wilkinson and Gail Patterson to the July 29 lunch after a church service. "'Would you like to come to lunch at my house?'" she recalled asking them. "They said 'we'd love to'." Ms Patterson said during the lunch, she recalled her father-in-law Don Patterson talking about his brother, who was battling cancer. She said the cancer topic lingered, and at the end of the meal she mentioned she had had an "issue" a year or two earlier when she feared she may have ovarian cancer. "Then, I'm not proud of this, but I led them to believe that I might be needing some treatment in regards to that in the next few weeks, or months," she said. 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The Age
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- The Age
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9 News
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