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The Irish Sun
19-07-2025
- Health
- The Irish Sun
Urgent recall issued on popular Irish dinners from SuperValu & Centra over presence of potentially fatal bacteria
AN URGENT warning has been issued to Irish shoppers after three popular dinners were pulled off the shelves in stores over health fears. The 2 The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued an urgent recall on popular dinner meals Credit: Getty Images - Getty The affected batches of turkey and ham dinners sold at It's hazardous for those with weak immune systems, The affected products are: Central Turkey & Ham Dinner SuperValu Turkey & Ham Dinner Good Food Locally Sourced Turkey & Ham Dinner READ MORE ON PRODUCT RECALLS It is currently unknown how many affected products were sold. The spokesperson stated that all implicated ready meals in all pack sizes with the approval number 4008 are affected by the recall. The implicated products were also removed from the shelves to prevent further sales, and the The FSAI requested SuperValu and Centra to contact the affected customers and recall the implicated ready meals. Most read in Health Customers are encouraged not to eat the affected ready meals and to dispose of them or return them to the point-of-sale. If healthy customers have consumed the contaminated food with the Urgent health alert as GP shares ways to combat illness with simple everyday task However, if immunocompromised and elderly individuals contracted the infection from contaminated food, it can spread to the central nervous system, causing meningitis and/or septicaemia. It comes with such Infected pregnant women may have no symptoms or experience only a mild flu-like illness. Still, infection during pregnancy can lead to premature labour, meningitis in the newborn or even miscarriage. How to protect myself from listeriosis? Protecting yourself against the fatal bacteria is vital, especially for pregnant women, infants, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems. There are several measures issued by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre that can significantly reduce the risk of contracting the infection: Keep foods for as short a time as possible and follow storage instructions including 'use by' and 'eat by' dates Cook food thoroughly, especially meat, ensuring that it is cooked through to the middle Keep uncooked meats separate from vegetables and from cooked and ready-to-eat foods Wash salads, fruit and raw vegetables thoroughly before eating, or peel if appropriate Wash hands, knives, and cutting boards after contact with uncooked food Make sure that the refrigerator is working correctly When heating food in a microwave, follow heating and standing times recommended by the manufacturer Throw away leftover reheated food. Cooked food which is not eaten immediately should be cooled as rapidly as possible and then stored in the refrigerator Pregnant women, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems should avoid eating high-risk foods such as: raw (unpasteurised) milk or foods made from raw milk, soft or mould-ripened cheeses (e.g. feta, Brie, Camembert, blue-veined cheeses), pâté and smoked salmon. If contact with ewes at lambing time is unavoidable for pregnant women, the elderly, or people with weakened immune systems, washing hands after handling animals should reduce any possibility of infection. The infection can be diagnosed by culture of blood or cerebrospinal fluid, and for pregnant women, this can be done through a The first symptoms appear after consuming the affected batch during the first three weeks but can range between 3 and 70 days. If a woman eats contaminated food during pregnancy, the infection can be passed across the placenta to the baby. TREATMENT If contracted, the dangerous bacteria can be treated with antibiotics, but even with treatment, infection can be severe and may result in death. Listeria monocytogenes is widespread in the environment and can be found in soil and water. Vegetables can become contaminated from the soil or manure used as fertiliser. 2 The Ballymaguire Foods may contain the presence of Listeria monocytogenes
Irish Daily Mirror
10-06-2025
- Irish Daily Mirror
Closure order served on Dublin food business operating out of car workshop
An unregistered food business in Co Dublin operating out of a shed building which was being used as working car workshop was ordered to close last month by The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). The FSAI announced today that ten Closure Orders and five Prohibition Orders were served on Irish food businesses during the month of May for breaches of food safety legislation. The closure orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE) and by officers of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). Among the food businesses served Closure Orders last month under the FSAI Act, 1998, was Heyba's Kitchen located at Shed A3 Bremore Farm, Flemington Lane, Bremore in Balbriggan. A food safety inspector issued the Closure Order on May 24 after determining that "there is or is likely to be a grave and immediate danger to public health at, in or on the said premises". According to the inspector's safety report, the unregistered establishment was located in a shed building which "was divided in two by a head high fabric curtain where the other half of the shed was a working car workshop". It was also discovered that "the premises and equipment were not clean and maintained in good repair and condition and posed a risk of contamination", while "rodent droppings, dead insects, dirt and dust was evident in the food handling areas". A further four closure orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on: Meanwhile, Five Closure Orders were served last month under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on: FSAI Chief Executive Greg Dempsey warned that all food businesses have a legal obligation to ensure the food they sell is safe to eat. 'The high number of Enforcement Orders in May is disappointing, especially as the type of non-compliances, such as unclean premises and pest infestations, are all preventable where the business has a food safety management system in place and staff are properly trained," he said. Get the latest crime and court stories straight to your phone on our new WhatsApp service. Sign up here
