Recall Alnatura sesame with Salmonella

Organic chain start recall because of Salmonella in Sesammus

01/23/2015

After being detected in a glass of Sesammus organic chain Alnatura salmonella, the company has a recall for „Alnatura Tahin (Sesammus)“ started with the best before date 09. May 2016. Consumers are urged not to eat in the face of the threat of health risks.

All glasses with the corresponding best-before date have already been taken out of the sale as a precaution, reports Alnatura. Customers who have previously purchased the aforementioned Sesammus should bring it back. The best before date can be read off the lid. For the returned articles the customers receive, according to Alnatura „of course, replacement.“ Other batches of the product are not affected by the recall.

Threatening gastrointestinal diseases due to salmonella
Salmonella are germs that can cause gastrointestinal diseases in the form of salmonellosis. This is mainly characterized by complaints such as diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. Often a Salmonella infection is over after a few days even without drug treatment. In addition, it is possible to take antibiotics against the disease. However, especially for already weakened individuals, the infection can be quite critical, not least because the body loses solid fluid and consequently threatens dehydration.

Search for the causes
Alnatura points out that the „Manufacturer partner of Alnatura Tahins decades of experience in the manufacture of this product“ and so far never had a salmonella finding. Actually, all germs, which are possibly contained in the raw materials, are reliably killed by multiple heating of the product and by appropriate modern systems will prevent the subsequent entry of germs. It remains unclear how the Salmonella got into the Sesammus. „Even if the germs were detected here only in a single glass, we will pursue the findings together with our manufacturer partner intensively“, so the press release from Alnatura. (Fp)