The Buitoni brand is recalling its Fraich’Up brand pizzas because they may contain the E.coli bacteria responsible for serious cases of hemolytic and uremic syndromes. Two children have died since the beginning of the year in France.
Very dangerous, the bacterium Escherichi coli or E.coli could have contaminated the pizzas from the Fraîch’Up range by Buitoni. Since the beginning of the year, a twenty cases of haemolytic and uraemic syndromes have been identified in France in children and around thirty are under investigation. Two deaths have been confirmed by French authorities. This syndrome is a very serious complication that can be linked to the presence of pathogenic E.coli bacteria in food. “As part of the investigations carried out by the authorities on the cases of serious haemolytic and uraemic syndromes reported since January 1, 2022 on the national territory, the analyzes (epidemiological, microbiological and traceability) carried out suggest, at this stage, a possible link with the consumption of frozen pizzas from the Fraîch’Up range of the Buitoni’ brand inform the DGCCRF March 18. Investigations are continuing to determine the origin of the contamination, including for other products, as well as epidemiological investigations in order to establish potential links with all the cases detected on the territory since the beginning of January 2022.
What products are recalled?
As a precautionary measure, and pending further analyses, the company is proceeding today with the withdrawal-recall of all the pizzas in the Fraîch’Up range, branded Buitoni, marketed to date. For example :
What if you have these pizzas at home?
People who hold Buitoni brand Fraîch’Up pizzas are asked not to consume them and to destroy them. Provided with a photo of the packaging with the product references (Best Before Date, bar code number, batch number, production time), consumers can call the telephone number provided by the company to get a refund: 0800 22 32 42
What symptoms should alert?
People who within 3-4 days after consuming the above products (10 days maximum) would present with diarrhoea, abdominal pain or vomiting, are invited to quickly consult their attending physician, informing him of this consumption and the recall of products by the company and to keep the product packaging. If there are no symptoms there is no need to worry.