National retailer Avoca has issued a food recall for batches of hummus and colcannon because of harmful bacteria fears.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said the recall for the Avoca Hummus (264g) and the Avoca Colcannon (550g) is a result of the precence of Listeria monocytogenes.
The FSAI say:
“Food businesses should remove the affected products from sale and clearly display a point-of-sale notice informing customers not to eat the affected products”
“Consumers are advised not to eat the product. Consumers who have bought the implicated batch should dispose of the product or return it to the place of purchase”.
Listeriosis is said to be an extremely serious disease which can be life threatening, particularly for pregnant women, the elderly and other people who have crohns, colitis or various other immune problems.