The Chem­istry, Food and Drugs Di­vi­sion of the Min­istry of Health (MoH) has vol­un­tar­i­ly re­called ready-to-eat (RTE) meat prod­ucts con­tain­ing cop­pa, that may be un­der-processed and con­t­a­m­i­nat­ed with food­borne pathogens.

Food­borne pathogens such as Sal­mo­nel­la or Lis­te­ria can cause symp­toms in­clud­ing di­ar­rhoea, ab­dom­i­nal cramps and fever with­in six hours to six days af­ter eat­ing the con­t­a­m­i­nat­ed prod­uct.

The re­call was is­sued by Fratel­li Beretta USA, In­cor­po­rat­ed. The prod­ucts sub­ject to re­call dis­play the es­tab­lish­ment num­ber “EST. M47967 or M7543B” in­side the US­DA mark of in­spec­tion or in inkjet print on the front of the pack­age.

The lo­cal dis­trib­u­tor of the prod­ucts, All Ital­ian, has been con­tact­ed to im­me­di­ate­ly re­move the items from all points of sale. Per­sons who may have these re­called prod­ucts should dis­con­tin­ue use im­me­di­ate­ly and re­turn the prod­uct to the place of pur­chase where pos­si­ble.

Ad­di­tion­al in­for­ma­tion can be ob­tained by con­tact­ing the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of the Chem­istry, Food and Drug Di­vi­sion via email at cfdd@health.gov.tt or phone at 217-4664 ext 13101.

The Min­istry of Health will con­tin­ue to mon­i­tor the sit­u­a­tion and ad­vise the pop­u­la­tion as nec­es­sary.