FSA News Item, 22 October 2003
An earlier Food Hazard Warning issued to local authority food law enforcers
said that potentially-affected meat had been distributed to Sillfield Farm Products,
Sillfield Farm, Endmoor, Kendal, Cumbria.
It has now been discovered that this company has used potentially-contaminated
venison in the manufacture of three different products. These are pheasant and
venison sausages, venison and pork sausages, and cooked game pie.
The sausages are sold in polystyrene trays and over-wrapped with clear plastic. in 450g portions, and the 1.5 lb cooked game pies are sold unwrapped.
These products have been sold from a number of UK locations since 11 August 2003, including farmers' markets and county shows.
The company is arranging for the destruction of all potentially-affected venison. All venison products sold after 16 October 2003 are unaffected.