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More Scottish salmon withdrawn

Friday 15 February 2008

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The Agency has issued an updated Food Alert for Information in relation to the withdrawal by Morrisons of its fresh Scottish salmon (but not organic salmon), because of a risk of a white spirit taint, resulting in an unpleasant taste. Further products have been recalled by Morrisons and a number of other retailers.

The original alert was issued on 13 February, and can be found at the link below.

The Agency has been informed that a number of other products and brands could possibly be affected and, as a precautionary measure, have been withdrawn from sale. The salmon has been supplied by Marine Harvest to Morrisons and Young's Seafood Ltd. Young's Seafood, who produce their own-brand products, as well as those for other retailers, have supplied products to the retailers listed below.

Marine Harvest is currently investigating the cause of the taint. The company believes that the source of contamination is diesel. Based on the information received by the Agency, the chemicals causing the problem are present at low levels and are very unlikely to be a risk to health.

The retailers implicated are:

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Product details

Products being withdrawn are:


Retailer
Product
Use by
Asda
Smartprice Salmon Fillets (pre-packed)
15/02/08
Asda
2 Salmon Steaks (pre-packed)
17/02/08, 18/02/08, 19/02/08
Asda
Salmon Fillets, 1kg (pre-packed)
15/02/08, 17/02/08, 18/02/08, 20/02/08
Asda
Lemon Pepper Roasties, 120g (pre-packed)
22/02/08
Asda
Youngs GG Five Fish Pie, 700g (pre-packed)
21/02/08
Asda
Counter Salmon Fillet Portions, 130g (from fish counter)
14/02/08, 15/02/08
Asda
Extra Special Fish Pie, 700g (ready meal)
16/02/08, 17/02/08
Asda
Extra Special Fish Pie, 400g (ready meal)
15/02/08, 16/02/08, 17/02/08, 18/02/08
Asda
Extra Special Seafood Gratin, 435g (ready meal)
16/02/08, 17/02/08, 18/02/08
Booths
Young's Great Grimsby 5 Fish Pie, 700g
21/02/08
Booths
Young's Salmon in White Wine Sauce, 200g
23/02/08
Budgens
Young's Great Grimsby 5 Fish Pie, 700g
21/02/08
Budgens
Young's Salmon in White Wine Sauce, 200g
23/02/08
Co-op
Co-op 2 Farmed Salmon Fillets Skinless and Boneless, 240g
15/02/08, 18/02/08
Co-op
Young's Salmon in White Wine Sauce, 200g
23/02/08
Morrisons
Young's Hot Smoked Salmon Slices, 100g
21/02/08
Morrisons
Young's Salmon in White Wine Sauce, 200g
23/02/08
Morrisons
Morrisons Honey Roast Salmon Flakes, 135g
19/02/08, 22/02/08
Morrisons
Morrisons Lemon and Pepper Salmon Fillets, 150g
18/02/08, 21/02/08, 23/02/08
Morrisons
Morrisons The Best Smoked Salmon Parcels, 100g
17/02/08, 21/02/08
Nisa-Today's
Young's Great Grimsby 5 Fish Pie, 700g
21/02/08
Nisa-Today's
Young's Salmon in White Wine Sauce, 200g
23/02/08
Sainsbury's
Scottish Salmon Fillet Portions, 175g (from fish counter)
07/02/08, 08/02/08, 09/02/08, 10/02/08, 11/02/08, 12/02/08, 13/02/08, 14/02/08, 15/02/08, 16/02/08
Sainsbury's
Lightly smoked salmon, 130g (from fish counter)
07/02/08, 08/02/08, 09/02/08, 10/02/08, 11/02/08, 12/02/08, 13/02/08, 14/02/08, 15/02/08, 16/02/08
Sainsbury's
Scottish Salmon Fillets (from fish counter)
07/02/08, 08/02/08, 09/02/08, 10/02/08, 11/02/08, 12/02/08, 13/02/08, 14/02/08, 15/02/08, 16/02/08
Sainsbury's
Scottish Salmon Loin (from fish counter)
07/02/08, 08/02/08, 09/02/08, 10/02/08, 11/02/08, 12/02/08, 13/02/08, 14/02/08, 15/02/08, 16/02/08
Sainsbury's
Scottish Salmon Steaks (from fish counter)
07/02/08, 08/02/08, 09/02/08, 10/02/08, 11/02/08, 12/02/08, 13/02/08, 14/02/08, 15/02/08, 16/02/08
Sainsbury's
Whole Scottish Salmon (from fish counter)
07/02/08, 08/02/08, 09/02/08, 10/02/08, 11/02/08, 12/02/08, 13/02/08, 14/02/08, 15/02/08, 16/02/08
Sainsbury's
Basics Salmon Fillet (pre-packed)
12/02/08, 13/02/08, 14/02/08, 15/02/08, 16/02/08, 17/02/08, 18/02/08, 19/02/08
Sainsbury's
2 Salmon Steaks, 350g (pre-packed)
15/02/08, 16/02/08, 17/02/08
Sainsbury's
Taste the difference Lightly Smoked Salmon fillets, 260g (pre-packed)
16/02/08, 17/02/08, 18/02/08, 19/02/08, 20/02/08
Sainsbury's
Taste the difference Isle of Skye Smoked Salmon Pate (pre-packed)
19/02/08, 20/02/08, 21/02/08
Sainsbury's
Taste the difference Smoked Salmon Parcels, 115g (pre-packed)
20/02/08
Sainsbury's
Honey Roast Salmon Flakes, 135g (pre-packed)
19/02/08
Sainsbury's
Garlic & Parsley Salmon Roasts, 120g (pre-packed)
22/02/08
Sainsbury's
Basics Smoked Salmon Trimmings, 120g (pre-packed)
24/02/08, 25/02/08, 26/02/08, 27/02/08, 28/02/08
Sainsbury's
Honey Roast Salmon Chunks (pre-packed)
22/02/08
Sainsbury's
Young's Salmon Fillets (x4), 580g (pre-packed)
15/02/08
Sainsbury's
Young's Salmon Fillet, 360g (pre-packed)
18/02/08
Sainsbury's
Young's Inverness Smokehouse Salmon, 200g (pre-packed)
27/02/08, 28/02/08
ShopRite
Young's Great Grimsby 5 Fish Pie, 700g
21/02/08
ShopRite
Young's Salmon in White Wine Sauce, 200g
23/02/08
Somerfield
Somerfield Best Ever Salmon Fillets, 260g
14/02/08, 16/02/08, 17/02/08, 18/02/08
Somerfield
Young's 3 Prime Boneless Salmon Fillets, 360g
14/02/08, 16/02/08, 20/02/08
Somerfield
Young's Great Grimsby 5 Fish Pie, 700g
21/02/08
Somerfield
Young's Salmon in White Wine Sauce, 200g
23/02/08
Tesco
Tesco Finest Salmon En Croute
14/02/08, 15/02/08, 16/02/08
Tesco
Tesco Finest Creamy Fish Pie, 400g
15/02/08, 16/02/08, 17/02/08, 18/02/08
Tesco
Tesco Finest Creamy Fish Pie, 700g
17/02/08

No other retailer brands or Young’s Seafood Ltd products are known to be affected.

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Related links

Update on an incident involving Scottish salmon (excluding organic salmon) due to potential risk of taint Read the Food Alert of 15 February

External links   The Food Standards Agency has no responsibility for the content of external websites

(External) Asda Company website (External) Booths Company website (External) Budgens Company website (External) Co-op Co-operative Group website (External) Marine Harvest Company website (External) Morrisons Company website (External) Nisa-Today's foodstores Company website (External) Sainsbury's Company website (External) ShopRite Company website (External) Somerfield Company website (External) Tesco Company website (External) Young's Seafood Limited Company website

See also

Morrisons recalls all Morrisons Fresh Scottish Salmon (excluding organic) due to a potential risk of white spirit taint Read the Food Alert of 13 February

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