Possible presence of peanut in an additional Favourit product and in additional batches of Favourit Cajun Seasoning.
Alert Summary dated Thursday, October 17th, 2024.
Allergy Alert Notification: 2024.A37 (Update 3) Allergen: Peanut Product Identification: Favourit Cajun Seasoning; pack size: 40g Favourit Fajita Seasoning: pack size: 50g Batch Code: All batch codes and best before dates purchased before 3rd October 2024.
Message: Further to food allergen alerts 2024.A37, 2024.A37 (Update 1) and 2024.A37 (Update 2) all batches and best before dates of Favourit Cajun Seasoning and Favourit Fajita Seasoning may contain peanut. Peanut is not declared in the list of ingredients. This may make the batches unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of peanut.
Presence of peanut in additional product and additional batches of Dunnes Stores spice products.
Alert Summary dated Thursday, October 17th, 2024.
Allergy Alert Notification: 2024.A36 (update 1) Allergen: Peanut Product Identification: Dunnes Stores Black Mustard Seeds, pack size: 50g; Dunnes Stores Mild Curry Powder, pack size: 36g; Dunnes Stores Cajun Seasoning, pack size: 35g; Dunnes Stores Medium Madras Curry Powder, pack size: 36g; Dunnes Stores Hot Curry Powder, pack size: 36g. Batch Code: All batch codes; all best before dates up to and including end July 2026.
Message: Further to FSAI food allergen alert 2024.A36, Dunnes Stores is recalling additional batches and an additional spice product (Dunnes Stores Black Mustard Seeds). The implicated batches of Dunnes Stores spice products listed above contain peanut residue in the mustard powder. Peanut is not declared in the list of ingredients. This may make the implicated batches unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of peanut.
Breast cancer awareness month 2024 began on Tuesday, October 1st and will continue until Thursday October 31st next.
All Irish Supermarkets, over the past two years, have significantly increased their retail prices on many items and yes, to my thinking, both breast cancer and Supermarket products are both inextricably linked, presently leaving both impossible to disentangle or separate.
My focus here in Thurles today was attracted to a product offered in plastic wrapping, containing 5Bockwurst Sausages, (asking price €4.29). The product is manufactured by the German firm Dulano, latter who claim ‘Farm to fork” traceability.
Bockwurst is a German sausage traditionally made from ground pork or veal, but tending more towards veal. Bockwurst is flavoured with salt, white pepper and paprika. Other herbs, such as marjoram, chives and parsley, are also often added and in Germany, Bockwurst is often smoked as well.
Nowadays, it can be purchased all year round almost everywhere in Germany, in butcher’s shops, cheaper restaurants, snack bars, food booths, some bakeries and even gas stations. Here in Thurles Co. Tipperary it can be purchased from the German International discount retailer chain Lidl, same which operate over 12,000 stores within the European Union.
Yuka Application: View HERE Using the 100% independent, free ‘Yuka App’, which it is now imperative for everyone shopping in supermarkets to download to their smart phones, (because of its welcome ability to decipher product labels, while analysing the health impact of most food products and cosmetics, via their barcode,) we are disappointed and alarmed to learn the following information:-
On the ‘Yuka App’, the Bockwurst Sausages product is declared ‘BAD’, and is rated at 0 out of 100, because of two hazardous additives, plus containing two much fat, and two much sodium.
The two hazardous preservatives are identified as being (1)Sodium Nitrite, (2)Diphosphates,
(1) Sodium Nitrite: Sodium nitration is hazardous and when combined with certain foods, nitrites may contribute to the development of nitrosamines, compounds classified by the international agency for research on cancer (IARC) as “probably carcinogenic to humans”. In 2022 the French agency for food environmental and occupational health and safety (ANSES) confirmed the carcinogenic and genotoxic effects of these compounds and recommended limiting the use of nitrate/nitrite additions in food products.
(2) Diphosphates:(Texturizing agent). Phosphate contains phosphorus a chemical element that is essential to the body. However excess phosphorus can disrupt bone mineralization; damage the kidneys, and increased the risk of cardiovascular disease and breast cancer the (EFSA) European food safety has indicated that phosphorus consumption exceeds the safe level of intake for part of the population.
This is just one of many products to be found in each of our Thurles supermarkets, placed there with no regard for consumers health; and retailed solely to generate massive profits.
We wonder why cancer is rapidly increasing and why our Irish hospitals are continuously overcrowded!The answer is most likely to be found in the food products located on our supermarket shelves, ignored by a VAT greedy government.
Message: The above batches of True Natural Goodness Organic Quinoa Flakes are being recalled due to the possible presence of a larva infestation. Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.
Nature Of Danger: Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batches.
Food Safety Authority of Ireland warn of undeclared wheat in all batches of ‘The Fishmonger Soy & Ginger Fusions Tuna‘.
Alert Summary dated Friday, October 11th, 2024
Allergy Alert Notification: 2024.A38 Allergen: Cereals containing gluten Product Identification: The Fishmonger Soy & Ginger Fusions Tuna; pack size: 80g Batch Code: All best before dates Country Of Origin: Thailand
Message: All batches of The Fishmonger Soy & Ginger Fusions Tuna contain wheat (cereals containing gluten) which is not mentioned on the label. This may make the batches unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of wheat or gluten.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that 16 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses during the month of September last; one of which was in the postal area of Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
The 16 Enforcement Orders were served for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020. The Enforcement Orders were issued by Environmental Health Officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE) and officers of the FSAI.
Four Closure Orders were served under the European Union (Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:
Red Robin Takeaway LTD, River Street, Killenaule, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.{Dated 24/9/2024} Antonio’s (Take Away), 61a Ballybough Road, Dublin 3. The Lord Lucan Pub, Finnstown Shopping Centre, Lock Road, Lucan, Co. Dublin. Coolmine Shawarma & Grilled (Closed activity: Storage, preparation, handling and cooking of raw meat at the premises) (Take Away), Unit 40B, Coolmine Industrial Estate, Porters Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.
Nine Closure Orders were served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
Glens Takeaway and Diner, Cappaughna, Glengarriff, Cork. Grace’s Garden (Service Sector), Dublin Road, Shankhill, Co. Dublin. Koffee and Kale (Restaurant/Café), 21B Hill Street, Dublin 1. Spar (Closed area: Deli area only), Unit 3, 111 Reubens Square, Dolphins Barn, Dublin 8. Kimex Ireland Limited (Small Meat Manufacturing Plant), Unit 7, Golden Bridge Industrial Estate, Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8. Osteria 99 Italian Cuisine (Restaurant/Café), 1st Floor, 99 Monkstown Road, Monkstown, Co. Dublin. Polonez (Retailer), Unit 4, Walkinstown Retail Centre, Walkinstown Avenue, Walkinstown, Dublin 12. Café Sol, Cornelscourt Shopping Centre, Foxrock, Dublin 18. That’s Amore (Restaurant/Café), 107 Monkstown Road, Monkstown, Co. Dublin.
One Improvement Order was served under the FSAI Act, 1998 on:
Sizzlers (Take Away), 41 William Street, Limerick.
One Prohibition Order was served under the European Union(Official Controls in Relation to Food Legislation) Regulations, 2020 on:
Hearty Sunshine (Health Food Shop/Pharmacy/Sports Nutrition), Unit 2A Block, Moore Street Mall, 55-66, Parnell Street, Dublin 1.
Some of the reasons for the Enforcement Orders in September include: a live rodent running across the floor of a food storage room; a dead rodent caught in a snap trap in a kitchen; clear evidence of a rodent attack on a bag of rice, along with bird droppings, feathers, and a dead bird present on the premises; active cockroach infestation beneath a cold service display unit storing uncovered food; inadequate procedures in place to control pests; repeated failure to cease handling raw meat in a premises which could not accommodate the safe storage, handling, preparation, and cooking of meat; lack of adequate, regular and thorough cleaning; no hot water, no soap and no facilities provided for hand washing and drying at the wash hand basin in the kitchen; persistent and recurring failure to comply with food hygiene legislation, demonstrating a complete absence of a food safety culture; false or misleading claims on a number of food products.
Dr Pamela Byrne, (Chief Executive, FSAI), said that food businesses must ensure that their premises are fully pest proofed.
“The number of Closure Orders served in September which listed evidence of widespread rodent or cockroach activity along with a lack of pest proofing, is very concerning. Pests can transmit very harmful pathogens to food, food surfaces and equipment and this presents a grave and immediate danger to public health. Every food business must ensure that they have a robust pest control system in place and that the system is checked regularly. It is crucial that swift and effective action is taken at the first sign of an infestation. Consumers have an absolute right to expect safe food. There is no room for excuses and adhering to food safety standards is a legal obligation for every food business,” said Dr Byrne.
Also, during the month of September, one prosecution was taken by the HSE in relation to:
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