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Recalled Beef is Not Contaminated
This follows a previous announcement from DEFA that it had ordered for more meat to be destroyed
Isle of Man Meats has tonight confirmed which batches of beef it has recalled and said there is no concern that any of the beef is contaminated.
This follows a previous announcement from DEFA that it had ordered for more meat to be destroyed following an issue at the abattoir.
With the department not responding to requests for more information following its statement this morning, in which it said the Environmental Health Unit had ‘identified concerns with certain processing practices’, Isle of Man Meats said its statement was to ‘add some clarity’.
The following products are the only products from IOM Meats to be recalled;
- Manx Beef Diced; Beef – Batch 19625 – Use By 05.02.2024 and 07.02.2024
- Manx Beef Minced; Beef 300g – Batch 19625 – Use By 05.02.2024 and 07.02.2024
- Manx Beef Minced; Beef 500g – Batch 19625 – Use By 05.02.2024 and 07.02.2024
- Manx Beef Minced; Beef 750g – Batch 19625 – Use By 05.02.2024 and 07.02.2024
- Manx Beef; Beef Carvery Joint – Batch 19625 – Use By 20/02/2024
These products were delivered to retail customers on the evening of the January 30 and withdrawn before 12pm on January 31. The only retail business where these had reached the shelves was Tesco, and the recall took place ‘quickly in line with company procedures’.
Isle of Man Meats said: ‘For clarity, these products were recalled as a result of the ‘use by’ dates on the packages being incorrect. If you have any products listed above please return to the point of purchase. Please note there is no concern that any of these products are ‘contaminated’.
‘The Company would like express that all decisions on disposals and recalls have been made pro-actively by the organisation. Over the past month the company has identified areas of improvements within processing procedures at the plant and have worked at pace on all improvements needed.’
Chair of the Board of Directors, Nigel Davis added: ‘Over the previous 12 months Isle of Man Meats have been undergoing a transformation programme, which has seen some significant changes at the plant. Whilst improvements have been made there is still much to do, and that as part of this change programme areas of process and procedure are being identified that require improvement.
‘The Board of Directors and team at the plant continue to work to improve and build a successful meat processing facility for our community, our farmers and our customers.’
