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Spar Chevre Goats Cheese Recalled Due To Listeria monocytogenes.

Food Safety Authority of Ireland recall a batch of Spar Chevre Goats Cheese due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.

Alert Summary Monday, dated August 11th 2025.

Category 1: For Action.
Alert Notification: 2025.40.
Product Identification: Spar Chèvre Goats Cheese; pack size: 100g.
Batch Code: Use by date: 12/08/2025.
Country Of Origin: France.

Message: The above batch of Spar Chèvre Goats Cheese is being recalled due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.

Recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.

There is currently no evidence that this food recall is linked with the listeriosis outbreak related to ready-to-heat meals or the recall of spinach and mixed leaves products. Please see this News Article.

Nature Of Danger: Symptoms of Listeria monocytogenes infection can include mild flu-like symptoms, or gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. In rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications. 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 3 weeks but can range between 3 and 70 days.

Action Required: Retailers.

Retailers: Same are requested to remove the implicated batch from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale.

Consumers: Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batch.

Do Local Tipperary Co. Councillors Ever Wash Dirty Dishes?

My dear readers, I ask this question in all seriousness, having read that nine Tipperary County Councillors tabled a motion at their end of July meeting, which called on the local authority to halt their use of glyphosate weed killer.

Ballina, Co. Tipperary resident and Fine Gael Cllr. Ms Phyll Bugler, said that she was disappointed to learn that the product was still approved in the EU, until December 2033. She felt that cancer bearing glyphosate weed killer could be entering our drinking water system.

Councillor Bugler, dear lady for God sake stop worrying, sure we here in Thurles use Fairy Dishwashing Liquid and allow it to run down from our sinks and into our drains, to enter our drinking water system all the time; despite the warning on the label which declares “Harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects”.

Come to think of it, now that may account for the lovely white, frothy, foam substance, often found floating down the River Suir in Thurles!

**Read the Procter & Gamble warning on their Fairy Liquid** **bottle**, **underlined in red**.

Anyway, councillors were quickly informed by their betters, that while they were committed to reducing the use of herbicides and pesticides; glyphosate is not banned in Ireland, and remains approved for use in the EU to control invasive plant species. Since glyphosate is not banned in Europe and since the EU now makes all the laws and requlations governing Ireland; this leaves Simon Harris free to jet around the world pretending he is a world leader.

Senior officials from the German manufacturing chemical company Bayer, (who bought Monsanto’s glyphosate recipe for a mere reported $66 billion in cash), who were listening at the keyhole to this Tipperary council debate, heaved a deep sigh of relief on hearing Tipperary officials support their product.

It is now my belief that the nine councillors involved in this attempted insurgency within the council chamber, have never gotten themselves involved in the insignificant, or dare I say ‘frivolous task’ of washing the dirty dishes.

But sure look, as Charles Dickens once stated in his book ‘David Copperfield’, “Least said, soonest mended”.
Let the next generation worry about it, if there is one.

Food Allergen Alerts Updated By FSAI.

Update (3) to undeclared allergens in various Bao Long Soup Seasonings.

Alert Summary dated Friday, August 8th 2025.

Allergy Alert Notification: 2025.A27 (update 3)
Allergens: Soybeans and cereals containing gluten, as per table below.
Product Identification: Please see table below.
Batch Code: All batch codes and all best before dates.
Country Of Origin: Vietnam

Product name.	Pack size.	Allergens.
Bao Long Pho Soup Seasoning.	75g.	Soybeans.
Bao Long Hủ tiếu Soup Seasoning.	75g.	*Soybeans and Cereals containing gluten (wheat).*

Message: Further to FSAI food allergen alert 2025.A27, plus 2025.A27 (update 1) and 2025.A27 (update 2), as per the table above, all batches of Bao Long Pho Soup Seasoning contain soya. All batches of Bao Long Hủ tiếu Soup Seasoning contain soya and cereals containing gluten (wheat). These allergens are not declared on the label. This may make the implicated products unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of soya and/or cereals containing gluten (wheat). Therefore, these consumers should not eat the implicated products.

The affected products are being recalled.

FSAI Update Re. Allergens In Bao Long Soup Seasonings.

Update (2) to undeclared allergens in various Bao Long Soup Seasonings

Alert Summary dated Thursday, August 7th, 2025.

Allergy Alert Notification: 2025.A27 (Update 2)
Allergens: Crustaceans, fish, soybeans, as per table below.
Product Identification: Please see table below.
Batch Code: All batch codes and all best before dates.
Country Of Origin: Vietnam

Product Name.	Pack Size.	Allergens.
Bao Long Hủ tiếu Nam Vang Soup Seasoning.	75g.	Crustaceans, Fish and Soybeans.
Bao Long Bun bo Hue Soup Seasoning.	75g.	Crustaceans and Fish.
Bao Long Bun Rieu Soup Seasoning.	75g.	Crustaceans and Fish.

Message: Further to FSAI food allergen alert 2025.A27 and 2025.A27 (update 1), as per the table above, all batches of Bao Long Hủ tiếu Nam Vang Soup Seasoning contain crustaceans, fish and soya. All batches of Bao Long Bun bo Hue Soup Seasoning and Bao Long Bun Rieu Soup Seasoning contain crustaceans and fish. These allergens are not declared on the label.
This may make the implicated products unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of crustaceans, fish and/or soya.
Therefore, consumers should not eat the implicated products. The affected products are being recalled.

Undeclared Peanut In Terranova Fermented Ashwagandha Food Supplement.

Food Safety Authority of Ireland warn of undeclared peanut in a batch of Terranova Fermented Ashwagandha food supplement.

Alert Summary dated Wednesday, August 6th 2025.

Allergy Alert Notification: 2025.A29
Allergen: Peanut
Product Identification: Terranova Fermented Ashwagandha food supplement; pack size: 50 capsules
Batch Code: 2400881; best before date: 05/2028
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

Message: The above batch of Terranova Fermented Ashwagandha food supplement contains peanut which is not declared on the label.
This may make the batch unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of peanuts, and therefore, these consumers should not eat the implicated batch.