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The Food Standards Agency is warning people not to eat certain batches of frozen mussels produced by Irish company Bantry Bay Mussels Ltd (trading as Bantry Bay Seafoods).
The affected batches may contain AZP (Azaspiracid Shellfish Poisoning toxins), which are known to cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, and stomach cramps. AZP are naturally occurring marine biotoxins. Mussels from the same batches are believed to be responsible for a number of cases of food poisoning in France.
Bantry Bay Mussels has supplied the affected batches to the UK retailers listed below. These companies have recalled the affected products from sale and displayed notices in their stores to alert customers to the problem. Brand names and batch numbers are listed.
Aldi Stores
Brand: Bantry Bay Seafoods Ltd
Size: 900g
Use by date: 31/01/09
Batch number: 21F1 Mussels in White Wine Sauce
Brand: Bantry Bay Seafoods Ltd
Size: 900g
Use by date: 01/02/09
Batch number: 26A1 Mussels in Garlic Butter Sauce
Costco Wholesale UK
Bantry Bay Mussels Item 54781
Affected batches
Use by date: 05/01/09 code 24A5
Use by date: 10/04/09 code 24A6
Use by date: 02/02/09 code 26A2
Iceland
Brand: Iceland Mussels in a garlic butter sauce
Size: 450g
Use by date: 02/02/09 code 26A2
Use by date: 14/07/09 code 19A1
Customers are being asked not to eat the affected products and return them to the relevant store for a refund.
Room 245 Aviation House,
125 Kingsway,
London WC2B 6NH
Telephone: 020 7276 8888
Out of hours duty pager: 07623 978344
Fax: 020 7276 8833
Email:
press.mailbox@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
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