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Mixed leaves and spinach among eight products recalled over listeria

Updated / Sunday, 3 Aug 2025 11:04
The FSAI has issued a further recall on spinach and mixed leaves products
The FSAI has issued a further recall on spinach and mixed leaves products

Batches of eight spinach, mixed leaves, rocket and lettuce products sold in Irish supermarkets have been recalled due to the detection of listeria monocytogenes.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has issued alerts for batches of eight different products.

McCormack family farms mixed leaves and Supervalu spinach that has been recalled by the FSAI
McCormack family farms mixed leaves and Supervalu spinach that has been recalled by the FSAI

The eight products being recalled are:

  • Egan's Irish Baby Spinach, 250g, with best before dates of 30/07/2025, 31/07/2025 and 01/08/2025 and batch code: 206.

  • McCormack Family Farms Lettuce, 200g, with best before dates: 02/08/2025, 03/08//2025, 09/08/2025 and 10/08/2025 and batch codes: 205, 212.

  • McCormack Family Farms Mixed Leaves, 75g, with best before dates: 26/07/2025, 27/07/2025, 29/07/2025, 31/07/2025, 01/08/2025, 02/08/2025 and 03/08/2025 and batch codes: 199, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207.

  • McCormack Family Farms Rocket, 75g, with best before dates: 31/07/2025 and 03/08/2025 and batch codes: 204, 206.

  • McCormack Family Farms Spinach, 100g, 200g and 250g, with best before dates: 01/08/2025, 02/08/2025, 03/08/2025 and 04/08/2025 and batch codes: 205, 206, 207.

  • McCormack Family Farms Energise Mix, 100g, with best before dates: 28/07/2025, 29/07/2025, 30/07/2025 and 03/08/2025 and batch codes: 199, 203, 205.

  • SuperValu Spinach, 250g, with best before dates: 01/08/2025 and 03/08/2025 and a batch code: 206.

  • Tesco Mild Spinach, 350g, with best before date: 02/08/2025 and batch code: 206.

Tesco and Egans products that have been recalled by the FSAI
Tesco and Egans spinach products that have been recalled by the FSAI

The FSAI has requested that retailers remove the implicated products from sale, and display recall notices at point-of-sale.

Wholesalers and distributors are being asked to contact their affected customers and recall the affected products and put a recall notice in place.

Caterers who may be in possession of the impacted products have been asked not to use them.

Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated products.

The FSAI has said there is currently "no evidence that this food recall is linked with the listeriosis outbreak related to ready-to-heat meals that is currently under investigation".

Over 200 ready-made meals produced by Ballymaguire Foods were called back early last week.

The FSAI's latest update follows a recall on Monday of two further spinach products sold in Irish supermarkets with seven spinach and mixed leaves products having been recalled previously.

The authority said that one person with a confirmed case of listeria died, while nine other cases were identified as of late last month.

The FSAI said that symptoms of listeria can include mild flu-like symptoms such as gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Symptoms can be more severe in rare cases, it added.

"Some people are more vulnerable to listeria monocytogenes infections, including pregnant women, babies, and people with weakened immune systems, including the elderly.

"The incubation period (time between initial infection and first symptoms appearing) is on average three weeks but can range between 3 and 70 days," said the FSAI.

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