Recall of Sokolow's Home Black Pudding Sausage/Grill Black Pudding Sausage due to listeria monocytogenes contamination
Thursday 4 November 2010
Recalled from customers
Ref: 15/2010 (Update 1)
The public will wish to be aware of further information relating to the Food Alert for Action 15/2010 issued on 28 October 2010 concerning unacceptable levels of Listeria monocytogenes in certain batches of the above product. This is a Polish product which is sold under the names Sokołów Home Black Pudding Sausage and Sokołów Grill Black Pudding Sausage.
The Agency has now been made aware of additional date codes / batches affected and is now advising a full recall of all date codes/batches of this product as a precautionary measure.
The Agency has also received an update on the ongoing investigations being carried out by the authorities in Poland. The manufacturer was instructed to carry out cleaning and disinfection of relevant production departments and to conduct environmental and food sampling for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. In the meantime the Polish authorities have also prohibited further marketing of the affected product. We will send a further update when the products are to be marketed in the UK.
Product details:
Sokołów Home Black Pudding Sausage
Sokołów Grill Black Pudding Sausage
(Individual pack weights of both products vary)
The Agency has been made aware that the product has been distributed in the UK by the following companies:
England
M&K Polish Goods Ltd (Doncaster)
Donney European Ltd (Doncaster)
Expo Foods (Midlands) Ltd (Doncaster)
Agafood Ltd (Manchester)
Golden Foods (Smethwick)
PRT Foods (Smethwick)
The Polish Shop Cash & Carry (Birmingham)
Food Art UK Ltd (Enfield)
Gima UK Ltd (Enfield)
Dimark Ltd (Enfield)
Polish Specialities Ltd (Croydon)
JP Foods (Croydon)
R.K.W. Foods Ltd (Hounslow)
Lituanica UK Ltd (Barking)
Maxima Foods Ltd (Ealing)
Monolith (Newham)
Baltic and Balkan (Newham)
Polish Foods Ltd (Brent)
Scotland
M&K Polish Goods Ltd (Edinburgh)
EZ Polish Foods (Motherwell)
Actions to take:
Action has already been taken by the local authorities for the companies listed above with regard to recalling the affected product.
We would also like to make other local authorities aware of the recall of the additional batches. If any of the affected product is found on sale during routine inspections, these should be withdrawn from sale and recalled from consumers. Food business operators should also be encouraged to issue point of sale notices explaining the reasons for the recall to consumers.
If you wish to discuss this issue further, please contact the Agency on 0207 276 8325 or email: foodincidents@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk