Seed mixture for salads, contaminated with Salmonella, withdrawn from an important chain of shops in Romania

The National Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) announces that several lots of the product “Seed mixture for salad” have been withdrawn by the manufacturer due to contamination with Salmonella.

Product withdrawn from Penny Photo stores: ANSVSA

The products were withdrawn by the manufacturer from Penny stores. ANSVSA announces that the precautionary measure has been taken “To ensure constant protection of consumers“.Penny seed mixture for salads 200g”.

“Salmonella spp. Was detected in the raw material Susan and the finished product. Therefore, a health risk cannot be excluded”, States ANSVSA.

Customers who have purchased the product from the targeted lots are asked not to consume it. The stock of the affected product was withdrawn from the sale.

Already purchased products can be returned to any Penny store. The value will be returned, without the need to present the fiscal receipt.

Salmonella infection, also known as salmonellosis, is a frequent bacterial infection, which affects the intestinal tract. The most common cause of salmonellosis is the consumption of various contaminated foods, either raw, or incorrectly prepared. Contamination can be done including by touching contaminated foods, followed by the incorrect hand washing.

Also, on May 23, a batch of bacon with Boia was withdrawn from the Penny stores, after the presence of the Listeria Monocytogenes bacteria has been detected. “The producer Agro Ardeal initiated the withdrawal from the commercialization of the product, as a result of the detection of the presence of Listeria monocytogenes ”then transmitted ANSVSA. For reasons related to the safety of consumers, Rewe Romania withdrew from marketing the product “House of Slanina with Boia, 250g”.

The retailer recommended that customers do not consume the product, but to destroy or bring it back to any Penny store.