10 May, 2020 @ 20:51
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WARNING: Anchovies in vinegar sold in Spain’s Andalucia found to contain anisakis as health bosses pull product from shelves

Anchovies
COMPROMISED: The product has been recalled

A HEALTH warning has been issued for a brand of anchovies sold in supermarkets across Andalucia and several other regions. 

The Andalucia Health Authorities have reported that anisakis has been found in a batch of so-called boquerones en vinagre (anchovies in vinegar), made by the Pescados Medina company.

Packed in plastic 250g boxes, the infected batch number is 270420.

Anchovies
COMPROMISED: The product has been recalled

At least three people have presented mild symptoms of food poisoning after consuming the product.

Those who have purchased the item with the corresponding batch number should return the product to the shop where they bought it and have been warned against consuming it.

The product is made in Andalucia but is also distributed to Catalunya, the Canary Islands, Madrid and Castilla y Leon.

The warning has been sent out by the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition and the product is being removed from shelves.

Anisakis is a parasite which affects fish meat.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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