Spinach sold at Asda has been recalled over a warning there could be dangerous shards of metal in the product.
Bags of Taj Chopped Spinach, selling for about £1.50 a bag, should not be eaten and instead returned to stores, the Government’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) warned in a nationwide alert today.
The affected product is sold at Asda and frozen food wholesaler Eden Farm.
People reacted to the news with horror on social media. One user posted on X, formally known as Twitter: ‘A spinach mixed with metal. Doesn’t sound a good recipe.
‘Time ASDA had installed a magnet scanner at the check-in to see if greens contain metal pieces.’
Spinach sold at Asda has been recalled over a warning there could be dangerous shards of metal in the product
Bags of Taj Chopped Spinach, selling for about £1.50 a bag, should not be eaten and instead returned to stores
Asda posted on their website today: ‘If you have purchased Taj chopped spinach, please bring it back to your nearest store where you will be given a full refund. You do not need your receipt.
‘We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused.’
A spokesperson for the FSA said: ‘This product may contain pieces of metal which makes it unsafe to eat.
‘Taj Foods is recalling the above product. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling this product.
‘These notices explain to customers why the product is being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product.
‘If you have bought the above product do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.’
Import and export company Taj Foods, based in Woodford Green, Essex, called the spinach recall a ‘precautionary step’.
‘We apologise for inconvenience caused by this situation’ they added.
Taj Food said the affected product is sold in 450g bags and has batch codes 144009 or 144010.
The product recall comes after supermarkets Tesco and Sainsburys were both hit by an IT meltdown today.
The crash impacted home deliveries and stopped customers from using contactless payment at the tills on one of the busiest shopping days of the week.
Frustrated shoppers across the country were forced to wait in long queues and pay with cash.
Shoppers have apparently abandoned their groceries at the Sainsbury’s on the 316 out near Richmond upon Thames after the cashpoint was not working
Sue Mautner (pictured) said that a west London Sainsbury’s had opened a separate queue for people with only a few items but this had become packed as customers rushed in to grab essential weekend supplies
Sue Mautner said a Sainbury’s store in west London had opened a separate queue for people with only a few items but this had become packed as customers rushed in to grab essential weekend supplies.
She told : ‘I’ve had to walk a long way to get here and thank God I did my big shop in the week.
‘I went into the shorter queue which was still very busy and they said that people were having problems paying with card.
‘I offered to walk to the cash point instead but then they said that that wasn’t working either. Even though I was in the short queue I still had to wait a long time.
‘The man in front of me was just buying two beers and I couldn’t understand why it was taking such a long time.
‘In the end I just showed the person at the till my cards and just hoped that one would work. It had gone into meltdown.’