Frozen mussels pulled from sale over illness link

Two batches of frozen cooked mussels have had to be withdrawn from supermarket sale after they were linked to reports of illnesses, including diarrhoea.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) yesterday said anybody who may have bought the implicated batches should not eat them and should throw them out.

The affected batches are from Shellfish De La Mer Ltd, a fish processing company which is based in Castletownbere, and are Cooked Mussel Meats (frozen), pack size 500g, with batch code 72774/13286, best before April 2015, and batch code 72774/13349, with a best before date of June 2015.