Salmonella-positive ground beef sparks recall in Sweden

Swedish retailer ICA has withdrawn mince and minced beef after a routine check found salmonella in the beef.

The recall applies to ICA Basic among mince (50/50 beef and pork, fat 22%), ICA Basic minced beef (20% fat) and ICA Among Mince (50/50 beef and pork, fat 20%).

Produktbilder från Börje Svensson Studiosvensson ICA EMV KPK Basic Blandfärs 20% 1500g ICA Basic Gris och nöt EAN: 2319113200008

Produktbilder från Börje Svensson
Studiosvensson
ICA EMV KPK Basic
Blandfärs 20% 1500g ICA Basic
Gris och nöt
EAN: 2319113200008

The beef comes from Ireland, pork meat in ICA Basic Among Mince comes from Denmark and pork meat in ICA Among Mince coming from Sweden.

The product may have been sold throughout the country from 2016-02-28. With the recall stopped goods for all sales in the stores’ cash registers. Salmonella bacteria die when material is heated to 72 ° C.

The recall applies to 13 different products, as shown below: 

Product                                                   Weight     Best before date     Lotkod / Batch No.

ICA Basic Among Minced 50/50        1600g        2016-03-07               411639101A

ICA Basic Among Minced 50/50        1600g        2016-03-08               411644401D

ICA Basic Among Minced 50/50        1600g        2016-03-09               411644401C

ICA Basic Among Minced 50/50        1600g        2016-03-10               411644901A

ICA Basic Among Minced 50/50        900g          2016-03-08               411644401D

ICA Basic Among Minced 50/50        900g          2016-03-10               411644401C

ICA Basic peanut 20%                          1600g        2016-03-09               411644401E

ICA Basic peanut 20%                          1600g        2016-03-10               411644401E

ICA Basic peanut 20%                          1600g        2016-03-10               411644401C

ICA Basic peanut 20%                          900g          2016-03-09               411644401C

ICA Basic peanut 20%                          900g          2016-03-09               411644401C

ICA Among Minced 50/50 Import    2500g        2016-03-07               411639101A

ICA Among Minced 50/50 Import    2500g        2016-03-09               411644901A
ICA regrets the incident and urges all customers who have purchased affected products primarily to return it to the nearest ICA store, or contact ICA’s customer contact by telephone  020-83 33 33 (open weekdays, Monday-Friday). Information is also available on ICA.se.

Salmonella in mince triggers Swedish supermarket recall

Swedish supermarket ICA Group which has almost 2,000 stores across Sweden announced the recall of meat following salmonella threats.

ICA Group.beef.minceIf you’ve bought minced beef or pork from ICA range since February 28th you should not eat the produce. The supermarket chain has announced that 13 different products are affected by the scare. The batches of meat which are at risk of carrying salmonella are understood to have expiration dates of between March 6th and March 10th.

These include mince from ICA’s Basic and Import ranges which is sold in a variety of sizes and comes from Ireland, Sweden and Denmark. The company said in a statement that it had taken the meat off shelves across the country after discovering salmonella during a routine check.