Recalls and Alerts: March 25–26, 2025

Here is today’s list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.

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“A complete and compelling account of the hidden and not-so-hidden ways the food we give our beloved pets can be contaminated.” JoNel Aleccia, Health Reporter, Food & Nutrition, The Associated Press.

“An invaluable resource for busy pet owners” – Food Safety News


Outbreak/Illness Investigations

Latvia: The Latvian Center for Disease Prevention and Control is investigating 12 cases of shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections, ten of them in children, according to a report in Food Safety News.

United States

Public Health Alert (Update): FDA advises restaurants and retailers not to serve or sell and consumers not to eat certain frozen half-shell oysters from Republic of Korea designated area II, potentially contaminated with Norovirus.

Canada

Food Safety Recall: Micro plants Robert (Batiscan, QC) recalls Micro-pousses mélange corsé / Microgreens spicy mix (60g; Pack date 20 March 2025; UPC 6 28110 48201 3) due to E. coli contamination.

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Europe

Allergy Alert (UK): Tesco recalls various Tesco Free From Meal Kits due to undeclared soy.

Food Safety Recall (France): ARLESDIS LECLERC recalls Saumon fumé sous-vide / Vacuum-packed smoked salmon (Use by 27/03/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): PORPECALI SUPER U PORT DE PECHE LE GRAU DU ROI recalls André Cazaux Jambon sec s/os / Boneless dry ham (Lot 411008; Use by 23/08/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): LIDL recalls Chêne d’Argent brand Comté râpé AOP / grated Comté cheese (150g; Lots 077 01 & 078 01; Best before 17/05/2025 & 18/05/2025, respectively) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): LIDL recalls Saveurs de Nos Régions brand Comté 12 mois AOP / Comté raw milk cheese, aged 12 months (220g; Lot 077 02; Best before 17/05/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): SARL JEAN DUBY recalls SARL JEAN DUBY brand aspic oeuf / aspic egg (Lots 071 & 077; Use by 26/03/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): SNACKING SERVICES recalls Daunat brand Salade ECOPACK Thon Avocat Fromage / Tuna, avocado & cheese salad (240g; Lot 511403; Use by 26/03/2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): LE CABRIOLAIT recalls FROMAGE CABRIOLAIT brand various FROMAGE DE CHEVRE AU LAIT CRU / Raw goat’s milk cheese due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (Germany): Fleischerei Günther  recalls Kümmelknacker (abgedreht) / sausage (Sold 19.03.2025 to 21.03.2025) due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Hong Kong and Singapore

No Alerts

Australia and New Zealand

Food Safety Recall (Australia): Metcash Trading Limited Australasia recalls various Community Co Mixed Leaf Products (Use by dates 27/03/2025 and/or 28/03/2025) due to shiga toxin-producing E. coli contamination.

Food Safety Recall (Australia): Woolworths recalls Various Fresh Cut Salad Products due to shiga toxin-producing E. coli contamination.

Food Safety Recall (Australia): ALDI Stores Pty Ltd recalls various Fresh Salad Co Baby Spinach Products due to shiga toxin-producing E. coli contamination.

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Austria

Belgium

Canada

Czechia (Czech Republic)

Denmark

Finland

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Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

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Iceland

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Israel

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Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

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Spain (food safety alerts)

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Recalls and Alerts: March 22–24, 2025

Here is today’s list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals, allergy alerts and miscellaneous compliance issues. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert.

If you would like to receive automatic email alerts for all new articles posted on eFoodAlert, please submit your request using the sidebar link.



“A complete and compelling account of the hidden and not-so-hidden ways the food we give our beloved pets can be contaminated.” JoNel Aleccia, Health Reporter, Food & Nutrition, The Associated Press.

“An invaluable resource for busy pet owners” – Food Safety News


Outbreak/Illness Investigations

No Alerts

United States

No Alerts

Canada

Allergy Alert: Habibi’s Mediterranean Foods Ltd. recalls multiple Habibi’s Mediterranean brand products due to undeclared peanut.

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Europe

Allergy Alert (Ireland): Trade recalls Sofra Garlic Powder (100g; All batch codes and Best before dates; Product of Lebanon) due to undeclared peanut.

Allergy Alert Update (UK): Damasgate Wholesale recalls Sofra Garlic Powder (100g; All batch codes and Best before dates) due to undeclared peanut.

Food Safety Recall (Belgium): MARMA recalls Pure & Prime graines de tournesol bio / Organic sunflower seeds (500g; Lot 4434014; Best before 24/10/2025) due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): SALAISON CHARCUTERIE BIO YSSINGELAISE recalls SALAISON CHARCUTERIE BIO YSSINGELAISE brand boudin / black pudding (Lots Fab S11/25 Fab S12/25; Use by 19/04/2025) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Food Safety Recall (France): SALAISON CHARCUTERIE BIO YSSINGELAISE recalls SALAISON CHARCUTERIE BIO YSSINGELAISE brand caillette / ruminant stomach (Lots Fab S11/25 Fab S12/25; Use by 19/04/2025) due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Hong Kong and Singapore

No Alerts

Australia and New Zealand

No Alerts

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TAINTED formats 3
“Reads like a true crime novel” – Food Safety News

Interested in learning more about food safety and the history of foodborne disease outbreaks and investigations?

Click on the link to listen to a short excerpt, then follow the buy links to add a digital, print or audio copy to your personal library.

Chapter 6. Birth of a Pathogen

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Links to national recall sites

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Czechia (Czech Republic)

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland (Republic of)

Israel

Italy

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Romania

Singapore

Slovakia (Slovak Republic)

Spain (food safety alerts)

Spain (allergy alerts)

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United States of America (FDA)

United States of America (USDA/FSIS)


“US importing millions of eggs from Turkey”—This won’t end well, folks

The dysfunctional Trump administration, in its infinite lack of wisdom, has decided to import eggs from Turkey as a stop-gap measure.

Has anyone at the USDA or the FDA considered the contamination rates of H5N1 (bird flu), Salmonella, and other pathogens in Turkish eggs?

I thought not.

To be clear, Vladimir Putin tried this a little over a year ago, with disastrous results.

Russia decided to import eggs from Turkey in order to address an egg “crisis” caused by high inflation and Western sanctions triggered by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

According to a January 2024 story in Newsweek, more than 20% of the 19.4-ton batch of Turkish eggs imported into Russia on January 3, 2024, was contaminated with the H5N1 (bird flu) virus and/or Salmonella.

This was not an isolated incident. A 2022 study of shell eggs in Turkey found Salmonella in 12% of free-range eggs, 10% of cage-free eggs, and 12% of eggs from caged birds.

In contrast, the generally acknowledged overall incidence of Salmonella in US eggs is 1:20,000 (0.005%).

I usually try to avoid predictions; however, don’t be surprised if there is a sudden rash of egg-associated Salmonella outbreaks over the next few months.


TAINTED formats 3
“Reads like a true crime novel” – Food Safety News

Interested in learning more about food safety and the history of foodborne disease outbreaks and investigations?

Click on the link to listen to a short excerpt, then follow the buy links to add a digital, print or audio copy to your personal library.

Chapter 6. Birth of a Pathogen