Cadbury desserts recall: Supermarket warning after listeria monocytogenes fears

Cadbury have pulled two desserts after fears over potentially deadly bacteria.

The brand are warning about Cadbury Dairy Milk Cheesecake and Cadbury Dairy Milk Caramel Cheesecake puddings.

Any of these puddings should be returned to the store they were bought from.

The Food Standards Agency said there is a “possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes”.

What is listeria monocytogenes?

Listeria monocytogenes is a bacteria which causes illness.

The infection can become serious, and the elderly, children and pregnant woman should be especially careful about avoiding it.

Symptoms include muscle aches, fever, flu-like symptoms, nausea and diarrhoea.

Sometimes the infection can also affect the nervous system, which causes headaches, confusion, stiff neck, tremors and convulsions, and a loss of balance.

A spokesperson for Müller, which produces the desserts, told The Mirror: “As a precautionary measure a decision has been taken to recall some batches of Cadbury Caramel Cheesecake and Cadbury Dairy Milk Cheesecake deserts (2x85g), due to the possible presence of Listeria in the product.

“Müller produces these products under license from Cadbury and has stressed that this does not impact any other products it produces for Cadbury; or Cadbury Cheesecake variants in the UK or other markets.

“We have informed the Food Standards Agency of this action and they have issued a Product Information Recall Notice.

“This is an isolated incident and an extensive investigation is being carried out.”

More food was recalled from Tesco, Asda and Lidl.

If you have an allergy or intolerance, you may be familiar with checking the label to see if you’re able to consume a product before buying it.

However, some supermarkets have now said that a number of products may not have mentioned an ingredient on its label – which could potentially cause a problem for those who are allergic.

These have been listed on the Food Standards Agency website.

source: express.co.uk