Listeria Warning this Xmas - avoid smoked Scottish salmon!

Listeria Warning this Xmas – avoid smoked Scottish salmon! https://t.co/vuyQxSimm8 @FSScot @foodgov @STJAMESSMOKE @ScotlandSalmon @sainsburys @Tesco @waitrose @AldiUK @LidlGB @marksandspencer @Morrisons @asda @TheGrocer @foodsafetynews #Listeria pic.twitter.com/w4P8AmHByw

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 19, 2022

The Daily Telegraph reported (17 December 2022):

Warning over eating salmon this Christmas amid listeria outbreak https://t.co/xmcIQm6svp @ScotlandSalmon @STJAMESSMOKE @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @LochDuartSalmon @FSScot @TheGrocer @sainsburys @Tesco

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 17, 2022

The Ross-Shire Journal reported (17 December 2022):

"As we approach the peak of the festive season, we know consumers are more likely to eat smoked fish, such as smoked salmon & trout. FSS & FSA are reminding vulnerable consumers of the advice more generally around consuming smoked fish" @FSScot https://t.co/TL8qYtgrNW #Listeria

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 18, 2022

The Food Standards Agency reported (16 December 2022):

Food Safety News reported (20 December 2022):

A fatal Listeria outbreak in the United Kingdom has been traced to a salmon-smoking processing factory in Scotland @foodsafetynews @STJAMESSMOKE @FSScot @foodgov @ScotlandSalmon @JoannaBlythman @TheGrocer @IntraFish @salmonfarming1 @fishfarmermag https://t.co/9glU1IphXp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 20, 2022

Food Safety News reported in November 2022:

Intrafish reported in September 2022:

Who wants to play Listeria Roulette? 14.3% of Scottish salmon in 2019 tested positive with 50% of Danish salmon positive in 2020 & 10% of Chilean salmon positive in 2021 https://t.co/IdP3fDtmNZ @seafoodnorway @SummaEquity @LeroySeafood @SalmonChile @SoilAssociation @FSScot pic.twitter.com/LckkDFRnIa

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 23, 2022

BBC News reported in September 2022:

Food Safety News reported in September 2022:

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Jewish News reported in July 2022:

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The Brussels Times reported in February 2022:

Supermarkets Cora, Match & Smatch have recalled packs of Scottish smoked salmon due to Listeria contamination https://t.co/gRpaGN0JyX
The photo used on the offending packaging is of Eilean Donan castle where they filmed Highlander & the loch where @MowiScotlandLtd farm salmon pic.twitter.com/wK7uK5ODFd

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 6, 2022

Food Safety News reported in December 2021:

Read the Norwegian Food Safety Authority report in full online here

A scientific paper – 'Smoked salmon industry practices and their association with Listeria monocytogenes' – published in the journal of Food Control in January 2014 highlighted the risks of listeria contamination in Scottish salmon farming:

The Sunday Times reported in 2013:

The Sunday Times reported in 2004:

Another article published in The Sunday Times in 2004 reported:

The Sunday Herald reported in 2003: