The Food Safety Aurthority of Ireland have been advised that Foxhill Foods Ltd., UK, have recalled three batches of Basil Pesto.

The product is sold under the brand name

“Marinellos Basil Pesto” – 190 ml jars

The product bears the best before dates 

28.09.2010

28.10.2010

28.11.2010

The recall is as a result of some of the jars of product containing a different pesto which contains cheese. This makes their Basic Pesto unsafe for people who are allergic or intolerant to milk or its constituents.

The product was sold in a number of outlets in Ireland.

FETAC Food Hygiene Training - Longford

About Hygiene Ltd would like to congratulate all the participants at Longford Womens Link who completed the FETAC Level Food Safety & Food Hygiene Training Course.

Food Hygiene Training and HACCP Training is a legal requirement for all Food Handlers and our next course in Longford start the 27th March.  Contact 071 9645111 or info@about-hygiene.com for more details.

If you require assistance in setting up your HACCP Food Safety system, or require easy to manage HACCP forms - documentation, records or need Food Hygiene Training and HACCP Training please contact us.

Loyd Grossman Tomato & Chilli – Food Recall

Loyd Grossman Pasta Sauce Recall

Due to Possible Glass Contamination

Premier Foods have advised the Food Safety Authority of Ireland of a recall of Loyd Grossman Tomato and Chilli Pasta Sauce in 350 g jars, due to a small number of complaints of pieces of glass in the jars.

The products concerned are 350g jars with a Best Before End date of May 2011 and are either batch 9316 or 9317.

No other varieties in the product range are affected.

Customers are advised not to eat the sauce.

Contact Premier Foods  - Helpline on 00 44 1406 367968.

Retailers must remove any of the products and contact their supplier.

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We provide public Food Safety & HACCP Training or in house food hygiene courses at time to suit your needs.

25 February 2010 – Further Update

The withdrawal reported on the 24 Feb. ‘10 has been extended to cover all smoked fish carrying the brand name.

“The Smoke House”

This is known to include vacuum-packed smoked bream, smoked eel, hot smoked mackerel and cold smoked mackerel, in addition to loose cold smoked mackerel.

Implicated fish products may carry the fraudulently used health mark UK 9502 EC, or may carry no health mark. 

 The vacuum-packs have  silver or gold foil, and the flag colours may differ from that shown below

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24th February 2010 – Food Recall – “Mackeral”

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has been informed by the Food Standards Agency, Northern Ireland that smoked mackerel products have been produced in a premises in Northern Ireland which has not been registered or approved. As the products were produced in unapproved premises they do not comply with Regulation (EC) 853/2004.

The Products are unwrapped cold smoked mackerel sold loose and vacuum pack hot smoked mackerel. The vacuum pack hot smoked mackerel is labeled ‘The Smoke House’.

Some of the products bear the health mark UK 9502 EC, which is the approval number of an unrelated legitimate food business. 

They have been unable to get distribution details or product traceability records for these products. It is believed to be distributed throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, mainly to businesses that sell Eastern European food products. Vacuum pack hot smoked mackerel:

The wrapped hot smoked mackerel is contained within a gold foil vacuum pack. It has a white label attached with the wording

“The Smoke House Hot Smoked Mackeral.” (Note the mis-spelling).

Mackeral Food Recall

There is also a flag emblem in colours white, blue and red and an EU Approval number (UK 9502 EC). Please note that the flag emblem and the Approval number may not always be present on the individual packs but rather on the outer boxes if available.

The Use by date is indicated, the weight in kg, the price in EURO/KG and the price in EURO.

Whilst a Use by date of the 02/03/10 is given on the packaging in the photograph please be advised that different date codes may be applied and that all date codes are implicated.

Environmental Health Officers have been requested to check food businesses in their areas that sell Eastern European food products to ascertain if these products are on sale. All such products must be withdrawn from the market and destroyed. If these products or other products labelled as ‘The Smoke House’ are found please advise FSAI at rapidalert@fsai.ie.

Manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, caterers & retailers: Food business operators should ensure they are not selling any of the implicated products. If any of these products are found they must be withdrawn and destroyed.

Do you know what to do if your business has been supplied this food?

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About Hygiene Ltd, are SAFEFOOD specialists. We provide public Food Safety & HACCP Training, and in house Food Safety advice and guidance or food hygiene courses at time to suit your needs.

If you require help setting up your system, require easy to manage HACCP forms, documentation, or need Food Hygiene and HACCP training for you and your staff contact About Hygiene Ltd, High Street, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim 071 9645111 or info@about-hygiene.com

HEALTH authorities are investigating an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that has affected 10 people nationwide and led to one death.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) is investigating a cluster of human cases of the illness in November and December which led to four people being hospitalised, one of whom died.

However, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has drawn a blank on the possible source of the infection as no common food link has been found between all the cases.

The 10 cases in Ireland involved seven men and three women aged between four and 82 years and were widely spread throughout the country, involving five of the country’s eight Health Services Executive areas.

Detailed food histories have been taken of all those who were infected to see if they had consumed something in common but, unlike a similar recent outbreak in the UK which was believed to have been caused by infected eggs imported from Spain, no likely source has been pinpointed, an FSAI spokesperson said.

The strain of salmonella concerned is a relatively rare form which has previously infected between two and six people a year in Ireland.

The HPSC said that investigations are ongoing to try and identify any common exposures between the 10 recent cases.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has been informed by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority of the withdrawal from the market of raw oysters supplied for direct consumption harvested from Carlingford Lough, Co. Louth. 

The oysters, from Carlingford Oyster Company, supplied up to and including the 10th February, bearing the approval number 

• IE LO 0014 EC

They have been withdrawn as a precaution due to the possible presence of Norovirus. Oysters bearing this approval number and placed on the market from 11th February 2010 have been harvested from a different area and are unaffected by this alert. 
The FSAI is advising caterers not to serve and consumers not to consume the implicated raw oysters.

Nature Of Danger:

Norovirus causes winter vomiting disease which is a highly contagious viral infection.

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We provide public Food Safety & HACCP Training or in house food hygiene courses at time to suit your needs.

• About Hygiene Ltd would like to congratulate all the staff from Drumlane Creche, Milltown, Co. Cavan. 
• The staff completed a Basic Food Hygiene Training Programme.  
• Food Hygiene Training and HACCP Training is a legal requirement for all Food Handlers.

If you require assistance in setting up your HACCP Food Safety system, or require easy to manage HACCP forms - documentation, records or need Food Hygiene Training and HACCP Training please contact us. 

About Hygiene Ltd, Food Hygiene and Safety Training Consultants, High Street Ballinamore Co. Leitrim 071 9645111 or info@about-hygiene.com.

We provide HACCP Training public or in house at times to suit your needs.

About Hygiene Ltd would like to congratulate all the participants from Tots Haven, Dromod, Leitrim who attended the Primary Food Hygiene Training Programme. This essential Food Hygiene Training is a legal requirement for all Food Handlers.

If you require assistance in setting up your HACCP system, or require easy to manage HACCP forms - documentation or need Food Hygiene and HACCP training for you and your staff contact About Hygiene Ltd High Street Ballinamore Co. Leitrim 071 9645111 or www.about-hygiene.com. We provide training public or in house at times to suit your needs.

About Hygiene Ltd would like to congratulate all the participants from Camlin Service Station, Longford who attended the Primary Food Hygiene Training Programme. This essential Food Hygiene Training is a legal requirement for all Food Handlers.

If you require assistance in setting up your HACCP system, or require easy to manage HACCP forms - documentation or need Food Hygiene and HACCP training for you and your staff contact About Hygiene Ltd High Street Ballinamore Co. Leitrim 071 9645111 or www.about-hygiene.com. We provide training public or in house at times to suit your needs.