Overview
- The Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety said on Sept. 19 that additional lots are affected, extending an alert first noted on Sept. 17 for Netto products.
- The recalled items include Lykkeberg fish frikadellen and frikadellen with salmon from specified batches, with identifiers such as EANs, lot numbers and best-before dates published.
- Affected units were sold in Globus markets across Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
- Health agencies advise against consumption due to Listeria risk, noting symptoms can appear within 14 days and severe cases can progress to sepsis or meningitis, especially for pregnant people, young children, older adults and those with weakened immune systems.
- Globus is accepting returns of the listed products with refunds provided even without a receipt, and customers are instructed to verify labels to match the published batch details.