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One batch of Garlic Sausage is currently being recalled. It is said to be contaminated with Listeria bacteria, which cause serious infections.
Notice to sausage lovers: the sausage marketed by the Système U brand between April 8 and 13, 2023 is now prohibited for sale. It would indeed present traces of Listeria monocytogenes, the agent responsible for listeriosis.
Which lot is affected?
This is the smoked garlic sausage from the Système U brand, marketed in the meat department of all the chains in the chain. The product references are as follows:
- Product Category: Food;
- Product Subcategory: Meats;
- Product Brand Name: U System;
- Model names or references: Smoked garlic sausage 300 g;
- GTIN: 3256229807013;
- Batch: L:7043661;
- Marketing start/end date: from 04/08/2023 to 04/13/2023;
- Health mark: FR 44.180.004 CE;
- Geographical area of sale: whole of France.
Listeriosis, a potentially fatal disease
If the sausage was recalled, it is because it would be contaminated by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.
In fact, the people who would have consumed this charcuterie “and who have fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, and body aches, are invited to consult their doctor, notifying him of this consumption“, details the site Recall conso.
It also clarifies that serious forms can occur, “with neurological complications and maternal or fetal damage in pregnant women.”
Therefore, mothers-to-be, immunocompromised people and the elderly should be extra careful about these potential symptoms.
Listeriosis is a disease “qui can be serious and whose incubation period can go up to eight weeks”concludes the government website.