Smoked mackerel products have been produced on premises in Northern Ireland not registered with or approved by the district council in that area. The Agency has issued a Food Alert for Action asking district councils to make sure that two smoked mackerel products are withdrawn from sale and destroyed. The products are an unwrapped cold smoked mackerel and a wrapped hot smoked mackerel.
A business must register its premises with the environmental health service at its local authority at least 28 days before opening. In addition, if the business works with certain types of food that might pose a significant risk to consumers, the business must be approved by its local authority.
Despite enquiries by district council officers, it has not been possible to obtain full distribution details or product traceability records for these products. However, distribution is believed to be throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, mainly to businesses that sell Eastern European food products.
The two products are unwrapped cold smoked mackerel and hot smoked mackerel in a gold-coloured foil vacuum pack
On the white label of the wrapped hot smoked mackerel pack the wording 'The Smoke House Hot Smoked Mackeral' ( 'mackerel' is misspelled)
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