These sausages and chorizos should no longer be consumed

Be careful if you love sausage and chorizo ​​and you live in Charente: a set of dry sausages and homemade chorizo ​​is currently recalled due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

What products are affected by this recall:

These are homemade dry sausages and homemade chorizos from the LAPIERRE TRADITION brand sold from 01/10/2023 to 10/11/2023 in Angoulème in Charente (16), at the Victor Hugo market, in Les Halles, and at the restaurant Debauchery.

Various batches are targeted by this recall:

• Week 38 – manufacturing 09/19/23 end of process 11/2/2023;
• Week 39 – manufacturing 09/30/23 end of process 11/11/2023;
• Week 40 – manufacturing 06/10/23 end of process 17/11/2023;
• Week 41 – manufacturing 10/14/23 end of process 11/25/2023;
• Week 43 – manufacturing 10/28/23 end of process 12/9/2023;
• Week 31 – manufacturing 08/05/23 end of process 09/16/2023;
• Week 33 – manufacturing 08/19/23 end of process 09/30/2023;
• Week 34 – manufacturing 08/28/23 end of process 10/7/2023;
• Week 36 – manufacturing 09/6/23 end of process 10/19/2023;
• Week 24 – manufacturing 06/14/23 end of process 07/27/2023;
• week 30 – manufacturing 07/29/23 end of process 09/9/2023.

What are the risks involved?

The products mentioned are recalled due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes above the alert threshold, responsible for listeriosis.

The government recall site reminds us: “People who have consumed the “products” mentioned above and who present with fever, isolated or accompanied by headaches, and body aches, are invited to consult their doctor and report this consumption. Serious forms with neurological complications and maternal or fetal damage in pregnant women can also sometimes occur. Pregnant women as well as immunocompromised people and the elderly should be particularly attentive to these symptoms. Listeriosis is a disease that can be serious and has an incubation period of up to eight weeks.”