Listeria risk in frozen minestrone: withdrawal of lots in Europe – Food & Health

From Germany to the United Kingdom through Austria, in Europe, withdrawals of frozen food products expand, due to the risk of Listeria contamination . The dangerous bacterium, which has had an epidemic since 2015 and caused 47 cases and 9 deaths in the old continent, is transmitted by contaminated food but is killed by cooking. Several brands involved in the precautionary operation involving corn and vegetables

Many Findus minestrone and many vegetables and corn Lidl were removed, as companies reported on their website.

] There are no outbreaks of Listeria in Italy and the withdrawal of the products are carried out as a precaution the Minister of Health Giulia Grillo : "I am the case of Listeria very carefully, my offices immediately put in place all the necessary controls and measures. "The withdrawals follow a European warning from Hungary, Listeria is resistant to low temperatures and, as the remember, is inactivated by cooking 19659002] The lots of the Findus collection are: : Trademark Trademark of a KG (L7311, L7251, L7308, L7310, L7334), Brand 400g (L7327, L7326, L7304 and L7303), Minestrone slightly oriental flavors 600g (L7257, L7292, L7318, L8011) and Minestrone Seed Lightness 600g (L7306) Who owns the products in question, is invited to contact, for any information, the toll free number 80 0906030 or urgent e-mail address @ findus.it The preventive and voluntary recall, the company finally clarifies, "refers exclusively to the batches of the products mentioned and does not relate in any way nor the other lots of the same products or other products of the brand Findus "

The lots of the Lidl collection are those which are frozen under the brand Freshona in the outlets of Sicily alone. The GREENYARD N.V. announcement, is on the Lidl website. These lots are as follows: Item 79520 Frozen Corn "Freshona", 450g Bar Code 20417963; Article 12105 "Freshona" Mix of frozen vegetables, 1000g – Assortment Gemüsemix – Mix of Vegetables Barcode 20039035.

"The decision, voluntary and precautionary, to recall these products – reads the site Findus – was taken at the following the signaling of a potential Listeria contamination of a large number of green beans, used at least in the recalled products ". Cooking eliminates health risks

Listeria is a dangerous bacterium in Europe that has caused an outbreak of 47 infections and 9 deaths. "Findus would like to clarify – the company continues – that the product category mentioned in the recall does not provide for consumption until after baking, as clearly indicated on the packaging.The cooking of the product cancels any potential risk for health."

WHAT IS THE LISTERIA

For Coldiretti, "the removal of lots contaminated with listeria in Italy and throughout Europe is unfortunately only the latest in a series of food alarms: It demonstrates the importance of correct information with the l & # 39; obligation to indicate on the label the origin of the products that should be extended to all foods, with the need to remove the secrecy of trade flows with the public indication of the companies that import products from it To allow rapid and targeted interventions ".