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Norgesgruppen is recalling certain types of ground beef, mince dough, and hamburgers. The reason is that salmonella has been found.
The products in question are marked with Folkets, Meny, Spar and Kiwi. All products are out of date, but people can still keep them in the freezer. The company writes in a press release.
Norgesgruppen writes that the outbreak may be related to imported meat from one of its Norwegian suppliers. “Therefore, we recall all ground meat, mince dough, and hamburgers that may contain raw materials from this batch,” the company writes on its website.
People who have these products at home should throw them away or go to the store where they bought them. There they will get their money back.
10 of the cases were hospitalized
So far there have been 22 cases of infection. 11 of them live in Viken, three in Oslo, two in the interior and one case in Vestfold and Telemark, Agder, Rogaland, Vestland, Møre og Romsdal and Nordland. 10 of the cases have been hospitalized, says the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.
On Monday, it became known that there was an ongoing outbreak of salmonella infection in several counties.
Turid Berglund, senior adviser to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, said when they had to think that the bacteria could be something that came from abroad.
– Exactly this bacterium with which we have an outbreak now, we had not actually seen it before in Norway.
NIPH has worked with the municipal health service, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and the Norwegian Veterinary Institute to find the source of the infection.
Infects through food
The Salmonella bacteria are transmitted mainly through food. But infection can also occur from person to person. In Norway, cases of infection by wild animals, such as birds and hedgehogs, have previously been detected.
– It is a bacterium that comes from the intestines of animals, so anything that may be contaminated or infected with animal feces, such as manure and dirty water, can also be a source of infection, says Berglund in the Norwegian Authority of Food safety.
The most common sources of infection are meat products, especially pork and poultry.
In the press release, Norgesgruppen emphasizes that good kitchen hygiene and proper heat treatment will prevent you from getting sick from ingesting the products in question.
