BREAKING: Coles & Woolworths Issue Urgent Recall On Lettuce & Salad Mixes After Salmonella Outbreak
Coles and Woolworths have both issued an urgent recall on lettuce and salad mixes after a major salmonella outbreak.
As we all know, you don’t win friends with salad – and now there’s another good reason not to chow down the green stuff tonight. Australia’s largest supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths have this afternoon announced a huge national recall on lettuce and salad products effective immediately.
It’s believed the recall comes following a salmonella outbreak that has already caused at least 28 incidents.
The products are grown and distributed by the Victorian-based business Tripod Farmers who confirmed a number of cases of salmonella infections today.
It includes popular products such as Coles 4 Leaf Mix, Woolworths salad mix, SupaSalad Supamix and Wash N Toss salad mix.
Lettuce types include:
Coles 4 leaf mix
Woolworths salad mix
Supasalad Supamix
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According to National Nine News, The Department of Health and Human Services Senior Medical Advisor Dr Finn Romanes said:
“Tests of three products from two batches have also tested positive for Salmonella anatum bacterium”
Nine says, Tripod Farmers is issuing a national voluntary product recall for these products with ongoing testing and monitoring of all products from the company.
Right now, the severity of symptoms depends on the number of bacteria ingested, age and general health and more needs to be done to test how widespread the issue is.
The Full List of Recalled Products:
- Woolworths Spinach 100gm
- Woolworths Rocket 100gm
- Woolworths Salad Mix 100gm
- Wash N Toss Watercress 100gm
- Wash N Toss Sorrell 50gm
- Wash N Toss Baby Cos 100gm
- Wash N Toss Spinach 100gm
- Wash N Toss Salad Mix 100gm
- Wash N Toss Rocket 100gm
- Wash N Toss Kale 100gm
- Coles Spinach 60gm
- Coles Rocket 60gm
- Coles Rocket 120gm
- Coles Spinach and Rocket 120gm
- Coles Spinach 120gm
- Coles 4Leaf 120gm
- Coles 4Leaf 200gm
- SupaSalad 180gm
- SupaSalad Green Coral 180gm
- SupaSalad Supamix 1kg
- SupaSalad Spinach 1kg
- SupaSalad Rocket 1kg
- SupaSalad Baby Cos 1kg
- SupaSalad Spinach 180kg
Spread the word, it’s best not to eat your greens tonight:
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