The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued a recall of mussels supplied earlier this week to some stores around the country. There were concerns that the mussels may contain harmful toxins.
The were harvested from Roaringwater Bay in Co Cork on Monday and Tuesday. The mussels were sold loose and in bags at fresh fish counters in some retail outlets nationwide. The affected mussels have been removed from sale.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is warning consumers not to eat the affected mussels. which may contain harmful levels of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins. Dr Pamela Byrne, Chief Executive of the FSAI, said cooking does not destroy this toxin, and that symptoms of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning include diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
The mussels were available from the following retail outlets:
– Dunnes Stores (some stores) – use-by date of 21.08.2015
– SuperValu (some stores) – mussels sold in 2kg and 5kg bags with use-by date of 22.08.2015
– Beshoff’s, West Pier, Howth, Co Dublin – mussels sold in 1kg net bags with use-by date of 20.08.2015
– Doran’s, West Pier, Howth, Co Dublin
– Kish Fish, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17
– Kish Fish, Bow Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
– The Dublin Fish Shop, Queen Street, Dublin 7
– Morgan’s Fine Fish, Omeath, Co Louth
– Glenmar, Union Hall, Co Cork
– Normandy Ireland, Schull, Co Cork
– Baltimore Fresh Fish, Baltimore, Co Cork
– O’Driscoll’s, Schull, Co Cork
– Bantry Central Fish, Bantry, Co Cork
– J&C Fish, Dundalk, Co Louth
– Keoghs Fish Shop, New Quay, Clonmel, Co Tipperary
– Seacatch Retail Fish Stand, Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan
– Morgans Fish Stand, Park Street, Dundalk, Co Louth