Food Alert For Action: Food Businesses who have purchased products from Block and Cleaver of Swanley, Kent
Published by Food Standards Agency (FSA): · Ref. FSA-FAFA-02-2024
Reason for the recall
Beef, pork and chicken meat and meat products were not prepared in line with food safety and hygiene legislative requirements, they may be unsafe.
- Beef, pork and chicken meat and meat products were not prepared in line with food safety and hygiene legislative requirements, they may be unsafe.
ReasonBeef, pork and chicken meat and meat products were not prepared in line with food safety and hygiene legislative…
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Product
Beef meat and meat products, Pork meat and meat products, Chicken meat and meat products
- Category
- Food alert for action
- Country of origin
- England
- Meat and Meat Products supplied by a cutting plant in Swanley, Kent, should be removed from the market because of food safety concerns
- The FSA has alerted Environmental Health and Trading Standards Services to take action to remove meat and meat products manufactured by Block and Cleaver from the market. These products which have been supplied to food businesses in London and the South East of England may not have been produced in accordance with GB food law requirements and therefore may be unsafe
- These products may have incorrect use by dates, are subject to traceability breaches, may not have been manufactured in accordance with food safety management systems and may be unsafe. They should not be eaten.
- We are asking food businesses such as restaurants, cafes and hotels to withdraw from sale any meat or meat products supplied by Block and Cleaver because they are unsafe to eat. Products should be disposed of safely.
- We are also asking food businesses who have sold meat or meat products at retail, directly to consumers, to undertake product recalls and inform their Local Authority, who are in turn requested to inform the Food Standards Agency, (FSA).
- Beef meat and meat products — Use by: All dates up to and including 20 June 2024
- Pork meat and meat products — Use by: All dates up to and including 20 June 2024
- Chicken meat and meat products — Use by: All dates up to and including 20 June 2024
What to do
- Action to be taken by enforcement authorities
- As these products may not have been prepared in accordance with food hygiene, safety and other legislative requirements, they do not comply with the requirements of GB food law. Local Authorities have been requested to remove products that may be unsafe from the market.
- The products are known to have been supplied to food businesses across London and South East of England.
Source: Food Standards Agency — food alerts — Food Standards Agency (FSA)
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