Health warning as food product recalled over Listeria outbreak

A frozen food product is being recalled from the market over worries about it being contaminated with deadly Listeria bacteria. 

The Listeria outbreak concern has come in the form of a frozen corn product imported from Europe. 

Although a total of 43 different products by a number of different companies are believed to have been contaminated, Bahrain has only received shipments of one product which is believed to have a possibility of being contaminated, according to sources.  

The product in question is frozen sweetcorn product by the brand ‘Penguin’.

The Ministry of Health released a statement yesterday warning customers against purchasing or consuming the product and urging sellers to remove it from the market. 

 “The Ministry received a notification from The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) of the World Health Organisation with regards to concerns about frozen products by the Penguin brand. In its notification, the organization informed about the Listeria outbreak and the withdrawal of the products from markets of a number of European Union countries.” the ministry stated. 

Authorities have already informed the sellers and relevant companies to remove the products from the brand which were packed between August 13, 2016 and 20 June, 2018.