The Min­istry of Health (MoH), via its Chem­istry, Food and Drugs Di­vi­sion, has ad­vised of a vol­un­tary re­call no­tice of an un­de­ter­mined amount of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat prod­ucts con­tain­ing Cop­pa, that may be un­der processed and may have re­sult­ed in pos­si­ble con­t­a­m­i­na­tion with food­borne pathogens.

“Food­borne pathogens such as Sal­mo­nel­la or Lis­te­ria can cause symp­toms in­clud­ing di­ar­rhoea, ab­dom­i­nal cramps, and fever with­in 6 hours to 6 days af­ter eat­ing the con­t­a­m­i­nat­ed prod­uct,” a state­ment from the Min­istry said on Thurs­day.

The re­call was is­sued by Fratel­li Beretta USA, In­cor­po­rat­ed. The prod­ucts sub­ject to re­call dis­play the es­tab­lish­ment num­ber “EST. M47967 or M7543B” in­side the US­DA mark of in­spec­tion or in inkjet print on the front of the pack­age.

The Min­istry has ad­vised that the prod­ucts have been im­port­ed and are sold lo­cal­ly. The lo­cal dis­trib­u­tor, All Ital­ian has been con­tact­ed to re­move the items from all points of sale. The Min­istry has urged per­sons who may be in pos­ses­sion of these re­called prod­ucts to dis­con­tin­ue use im­me­di­ate­ly and to re­turn the prod­uct to the place of pur­chase where pos­si­ble.