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Listeria risk on a Casino product, labeling error at Auchan

A batch of head cheese with pepper is recalled by Casino, while Auchan warns of an error in the best before date.

By The Figaro

Consumers who own the products affected by the recalls are encouraged to return them to the store for a refund.
Consumers who own the products affected by the recalls are encouraged to return them to the store for a refund. Eva Plevier / REUTERS

Casino and Auchan both carried out product recalls at the beginning of August.

The first recalls the “pepper head cheeseBy the Company Acevia following the detection of the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. Casino specifies in its press release that this product was sold in the “Cold cuts»Between July 8 and August 11. If the entire batch is now withdrawn from the market, the sign explains that some of these products were marketed before the withdrawal measure. Casino therefore recommends that people who own these products “not to consume them and destroy them, or to get them reimbursed.»

People who have consumed “pepper head cheese“And which present”fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, are invited to consult their doctor, notifying him of this consumption», Adds Casino. “Pregnant women should pay special attention to these symptoms, as well as immunocompromised people and the elderly. These symptoms may suggest listeriosis, a disease that can be serious and can take up to eight weeks to incubate.», Casino insists. In case of questions, the Acevia Company is available and can be contacted at 05.65.99.78.98.

“To be consumed until August 7, 2026” …

As for Auchan, the product concerned is its “Auchan Le Poissonnier 300g cod fillet tray”, Due to a labeling issue on the expiry date (BBD). The batch number 2186-225 indicates that the product could be consumed until August 7, 2026, but the actual use-by date is August 18, 2020. In a press release, the sign specifies that the entire batch is now withdrawn from consumption, but that “however, some of these products were marketed before the withdrawal measure.»

Auchan therefore asks customers with a punnet of cod of this batch number not to consume the product and to bring it back to the store, in exchange for a refund. “As this is a perishable food, although it does not present a health problem, this product must not be consumed after the expiry date of actual consumption. Either 08/18/2020“, Underlines the sign in its press release.

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