Food safety alert issued over all products at Laois based company

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued an alert about all products produced or sold by Laois based EB Food Essentials.  

The FSAI said examples of foods include goat, lamb, snails, catfish, dried prawns, round catfish, naive bonga (dried fish), ribo fish, ogbono, melon egusi, bitter leaf, dried peppers/chillies, locust bean and uziza seed. 

“All food products produced by and/or sold by EB Food Essentials, Coolanagh, Ballickmoyler, Co. Laois are subject to recall, as they were produced in and/or sold from an unregistered establishment, which is not subject to official controls. Recall notices should be displayed at point-of-sale,” the FSAI stated. 

In relation to the nature of the danger posed, the FSAI said: “The food was produced in and/or sold from an establishment that was not subject to official controls, and as such, it is not possible to confirm the food was manufactured in compliance with all relevant food safety legislation. Therefore, as a precaution, the implicated products are being recalled to ensure consumer safety.”

They have requested that retailers remove the implicated products from sale and should display recall notices at point-of-sale. 

Wholesalers/distributors are requested to contact their affected customers and recall the implicated products and provide a point-of-sale recall notice to their retailer customers.   

The FSAI advised consumers not to eat any products from EB Food Essentials.