The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has issued a recall of mussels supplied earlier this week to some stores around the country.
They were harvested from Roaringwater Bay in Co Cork on Monday and Tuesday and may contain harmful levels of diarrhetic shellfish poisioning.
The mussels were sold loose in bags at fresh fish counters in some retails outlets around the country.
The FSAI is warning anyone who thinks they may have bought these mussels not to eat them.
Dr Pamela Byrne, Chief Executive, FSAI, says it is important that consumers who may have bought the implicated mussels do not consume them.
“Cooking does not destroy this toxin. Eating contaminated mussels could cause diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. Symptoms are diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain which can start between 30 minutes to a few hours after ingestion.
"Complete recovery occurs within a number of days. Consumers who may have already consumed this product and are feeling unwell should seek medical advice,” she says.
The mussels have now been removed from sale but the FSAI has released a list of the retail outlets where the ussels were for sale.
The implicated mussels were on sale at the following retail outlets:
- Dunnes Stores (some outlets) – use-by date of 21.08.2015
- SuperValu (some outlets) – mussels sold in 2kg and 5kg bags with use-by date of 22.08.2015
- Beshoff’s, West Pier, Howth, Co. Dublin – mussels sold in 1kg net bags with use-by date of 20.08.2015
- Doran’s, West Pier, Howth, Co. Dublin
- Kish Fish, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 17
- Kish Fish, Bow Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
- Morgan’s Fine Fish, Omeath, Co. Louth
- Glenmar, Union Hall, Co. Cork
- Normandy Ireland, Schull, Co. Cork
- Baltimore Fresh Fish, Baltimore, Co. Cork
- O’Driscoll’s, Schull, Co. Cork
- Bantry Central Fish, Bantry, Co. Cork
- J&C Fish, Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Keoghs Fish Shop, New Quay, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Seacatch Retail Fish Stand, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan
- Morgans Fish Stand, Park Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth
An earlier version of this article listed The Dublin Fish Shop, Dublin 7 as one of the stores where the mussels were available. This was incorrect.
