Meat contaminated with Escherichia coli bacteria (E. coli) in Cora, Auchan and Leclerc stores.
The government website Rappel Conso has issued several recalls since Friday for trays of minced steak in which the toxigenic Escherichia coli shiga bacteria was detected, which can have a serious impact on the health of the consumer.
Several different items are concerned: the boxes Chopped Steak X2 5% Transpare, Chopped Steak X6 5% VBF, Frisette 500 g 5% VBF, Tournedosteack VBF, Chopped Steak 5%
The list of the different batches and stores concerned was published by Rappel Conso.
#ProductRecall Ground Steak 5% CORA - CORA
Risks: Toxigenic Shiga Escherichia coli (STEC)
Reason: Detection of E coli O157https://t.co/od4PSR7hsq pic.twitter.com/UmfkJJtD7A
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The E. coli bacteria can cause “sometimes bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting, accompanied or not by fever,” recalls the government website.
Most patients recover within 10 days, recalls the World Health Organization, but in the most vulnerable, particularly young children and the elderly, "the infection can progress to a potentially fatal form", with the appearance acute kidney failure, hemolytic anemia (decreased number of red blood cells) and thrombocytopenia (lack of platelets in the blood).
These contaminated products were put on shelves on February 28 and removed on March 5.
If you have purchased them, you must destroy them or return them to the store, but above all do not consume them.
A refund is possible.
The contact number for this product recall is 03.27.21.65.25.