Consumers in South Africa are once again having to check labels of food items from their grocery cupboards after the Shoprite Group announced a recall of its hummus product.
On Monday, the retail giant announced that Checkers supermarkets and selected OK Foods stores initiated a voluntary recall of its 300g and 125g tubs of fresh Deli hummus with a sell-by date between 10 September and 8 October 2024.
The supermarket giant said that during routine quality testing, microbiological contamination was found in three batches of Deli branded label hummus.
As a precautionary measure the affected batches, together with associated products, are being recalled. All production at the supplier, which has an FSSC 22 000 certificate for their food safety management system has been halted, the group said.
Consumers in South Africa are no strangers when it comes to product recalls, having suffered from a devastating listeriosis outbreak in 2018.
