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Lerøy facing new listeria discovery claims
The Lerøy Seafood Company has been hit by claims of a new discovery of the listeria bacterium at one of its Norwegian sites, according to Norway’s national broadcaster NRK.
Read MoreLerøy outlines action over listeria issues
The Lerøy Seafood Group has issued a statement outlining how it plans to combat the company’s recent listeria problems. The issue appears to centre around a slaughterhouse at Lerøy Midt from where a number of cases have been reported. In December it was reported that Lerøy’s salmon and game supply business, Laks & Vilt (Salmon…
Read MoreLerøy products in second listeria scare
The Lerøy Seafood Company has been hit by two listeria scares involving salmon products, with outbreaks in Norway and Sweden. In the most recent, Lerøy’s salmon and game supply arm Laks & Vilt (Salmon & Game) in Oslo is withdrawing a batch of salmon gravlax with a latest consumption date of 8 December. The reason…
Read MoreBREAKING NEWS – Lidl in listeria fear – smoked trout recall
The retail chain Lidl is recalling two Scottish produced smoked trout products from its UK Christmas range. A warning was sent out by the UK Food Standards Agency which said the products Deluxe Oak Smoked Scottish Loch Trout and Lighthouse Bay Smoked Trout Trimmings may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes (LM). The supermarket has issued…
Read MoreSalmon listeria alert in Norway
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has issued an alert after listeria bacteria was discovered in smoked salmon. The listeriosis infection is caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. So far the infection has been found in only four people. The samples were taken between February and August this year (2022). The four people are aged 50…
Read MoreFrench retailer pulls salmon products in listeria scare
The French retail chain LeClerc has been forced to pull one of its main smoked salmon products following a nationwide warning of a possible serious listeria contamination. The salmon is thought to be of Norwegian origin and was being sold in six slice packs throughout France under LeClerc’s Ronde Des Mers seafood line. The fish…
Read MoreListeria warning over smoked fish
Consumers in vulnerable groups have been warned not to eat smoked fish unless it has been thoroughly cooked. The message comes jointly from Food Standards Scotland, the UK Food Standards Agency and the UK Health Security Agency. Food safety professionals are concerned that an ongoing outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria could be dangerous for some…
Read MoreSlaughterhouses face listeria checks
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority is taking action to reduce the risk of listeria by carrying out a full inspection of all salmon slaughterhouses. Elisabeth Wilmann, director of fish and seafood at the authority said that since a lot of salmon is eaten without heat treatment and used in ready-to-eat products such as sushi or…
Read MoreSalmon alert after listeria bacteria discovery
AN alert has gone out in Singapore after a consignment of Norwegian salmon was found to contain listeria bacteria. But both the authorities and the Norway Seafood Council have been quick to assure the public that the vast majority of Norwegian salmon is safe to eat. Salmon consumption is growing in Singapore to such an…
Read MoreLerøy hit by new salmon escape incident
There were more problems for the Lerøy Seafood group today as the company found itself tackling a serious salmon escape. It is feared that an estimated 14,000 fish have got out of a Lerøy Midt facility in the Hitra municipality.
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