Products recalled from major supermarkets over potential link to E.coli outbreak

Sandwiches, wraps and salads sold in major UK supermarkets are being recalled because of a potential link to an E.coli outbreak that left people across the UK in hospital.

Officials said the move by manufacturers Greencore Group and Samworth Brothers Manton Wood was a “precautionary measure”.

The products being recalled by Greencore include sandwiches, wraps and salads sold at Sainsbury’s, Asda, Aldi, Morrisons, Co-op, and retail pharmacy chain Boots.

Samworth Brothers Manton Wood is recalling various Tesco and One Stop sandwiches and wraps.

It is understood that further product recall notices from other manufacturers will be issued shortly.

Darren Whitby,, said:  “ manufacturers are taking a precautionary measure to recall various sandwiches wraps and salads in response to findings from investigations by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), who are working to identify the cause of an ongoing outbreak caused by shiga toxin-producing E.coli (Stec).”