Nearly a thousand punnets of 200-gram vacuum-packed smoked haddock fillets were recalled by Bourgain et Fils.
Nearly a thousand punnets of 200-gram vacuum-packed smoked haddock fillets were recalled by the Bourgain et Fils company because traces of listeria were discovered in them. Information reported, Wednesday, April 13, on the site rappel.conso.gouv.fr, the site of dangerous product alerts. These products were sold in self-service in the fish counters in Carrefour and Leclerc stores.
However, the rate found in the offending batch is less than 10 CFU (colony forming unit) / g, is indicated on the reminder site. It is therefore more than ten times below the first regulatory threshold for listeria monocytogenes contamination, which is 100 CFU/g for raw products. For cooked products, this even goes up to 10,000 CFU/g. In the case of smoked haddock, the precautionary principle was therefore applied because some consumers prefer it raw. This is why 950 distributed trays are now being recalled.
The information of the products has been revealed in order to be able to locate them. The affected lot number is 133135 and its barcode is 3284570002139 and they have been on sale since April 2. If you have purchased one of these trays with a use-by date of April 23, you are invited to throw the product away or bring it back to the store.
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The product recall site still states that “ people who have consumed the “products” mentioned and who have fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, and body aches, are invited to consult their doctor and report this consumption.Indeed, serious forms with neurological complications and maternal or fetal damage in pregnant women can also sometimes occur. Pregnant women as well as immunocompromised people and the elderly should be especially alert to these symptoms. Listeriosis is a disease that can be serious and has an incubation period of up to eight weeks.
Since then, the Boulogne-sur-Mer company has continued the analyzes on all of its other products, and has not detected any other contaminated batch.