Lidl pulls smoked salmon and trout products over deadly Listeria fears

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Lidl has pulled a range of smoked fish products from their shelves just days before Christmas amid Listeria contamination fears.

A series of festive favourite smoked salmon and smoked trout goods were recalled by food safety watchdogs after a fatal outbreak of the bacteria traced back to Scots producer St James Smokehouse.

Fifteen patients have become ill with the nasty flu-like bug since October 2020, including three older patients who died. The Food Standards Agency warned the recalled products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, including Lidl Deluxe Oak Smoked Scottish Louch/ Loch Trout, Lidl Lighthouse Bay Smoked Trout Trimmings and Lidl Deluxe Mild & Delicate Smoked Scottish Salmon.

Also affected are Lidl Deluxe Smoked Scottish Salmon with Ben Bracken Whisky and Lidl Lighthouse Bay Smoked Scottish Salmon Trimmings.In a statement, the FSA said: "Symptoms caused by this organism can be similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea.