Smoked salmon recalled amid Listeria fears

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) issued the recall notice on batches of farmed oak smoked salmon with Clarke’s Fish Exports label as “a precautionary measure”, the Irish Times reported.

Affected batches have use-by dates ranging from December 19th 2013 to January 8th 2014.

Clarke’s Organic Farmed Smoked Salmon is not affected by this recall while the farmed salmon with a use by date of 11/01/14 has also been given the all clear.

The affected smoked salmon was supplied to distributors, online customers and retail shops both in Ireland and across Europe.

A spokesman for the Co Mayo company told the Irish Times that it was committed to the highest standards of hygiene and quality and that the company was working with the authorities to ensure an efficent recall of the affected products.

Food business operators who have bought the affected smoked salmon have been asked to remove it from sale and clearly display a point of sale notice informing customers not to eat it.