To throw out all my frozen veg?

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Long list of frozen veg that have potentially been exposed to the lysteria outbreak. I'm going through my freezer, and chucking the lot....

The other week DS had terrible food poisoning (which he'd never had before) after eating a lot of corn on the cob so now I'm counting myself lucky it was only food poisoning!

What do you think Listeria is? Bubonic plague?
Food poisoning can kill, and does. Listeria is a type of food poisoning and is only really a problem if you are pregnant or immune compromised (source NHS website).

So if you happen to have a bag of Tesco mixed veg in the freezer

Would it be ok just to boil it as usual and still eat it?

We are all fairly fit and healthy so not vulnerable health wise.

I really don’t want to throw it and I do online shopping so can’t take it back (and also can’t be bothered with it!)

Boiling it would be fine though right? That kills the Listeria?

And as for throwing away other frozen products "just in case" - bordering on barking mad.

This is all quite ridiculous.

The supermarkets want us to destroy food so they won't be sued by someone who lacks common sense.

I meant he just had 'normal' food poisoning...he's only 2 so I assume if he had listeria food poisoning he might have ended up in hospital rather than just throwing up at home for 24h (I am now off to google what bacteria normal food food poisoning comes from...)

I gather it's fine as long as cooked long enough (I'm not quite sure how it's possible to not cook them enough, given it's usually 3-5 minutes boil!) Au pair often cooks frozen corn/peas for kids, but the good news is he overcooks the hell out of them, so definitely safe! We only ever boil them - DH does sometimes microwave and eat stuff that isn't really meant to be (fishfingers anyone?!) but not veg.

So if you happen to have a bag of Tesco mixed veg in the freezer Would it be ok just to boil it as usual and still eat it?

I would. Boiling in hot water on the hob rather than microwaving is recommended though.

I meant he just had 'normal' food poisoning.

Or he could have equally likely have had one of those 24 hour bugs that toddlers pick up all of the time which are unrelated to food poisoning.

@PolkerrisBeach

Thanks, that’s how I usually cook it anyway so will carry on and not worry.

True...I decided it was the sweetcorn because he had 2 mini corn on the cobs and was sick, I had one and felt pretty dodgy but didn't vomit, and DH who gave his corn on the cob to DS was fine. But it could be anything really.

Anyone had an email from Waitrose? I have a couple of packs on the list and no info from them about it.

Is it really that serious? I'm not planning on throwing anything away.

Are tinned peas and potatoes ok if cooked?

You know all we buy is frozen Tesco and Iceland mixed veg some is in the pot now, boiling, with sweet corn in it
I'm sure we'll be fine as DP has a tendency to overcook the veg.

Tinned stuff is fine as it has already been cooked anyway though there is a remote chance of Botulinum

Just boil the veg, if it is in steam bag just empty them into a saucepan and boil to kill any listeria

I had missed this story, thanks OP.

Are tinned peas and potatoes ok if cooked?

It's frozen sweet corn it will be fine

I've had the email from Ocado - they can obviously track exactly who has bought the products st risk. Potential listeria in my steamer bags of mixed veg. Have already eaten 2 of them with no ill effects but thrown the rest out and Ocado are refunding.
Excellent customer service as usual.

How long after eating would you know you had it? Is it within days or can it take up to a month to show?

Yes I'd missed this too - thanks, OP. This must be why Morrison's had absolutely no frozen sweetcorn or spinach available when I did my online shop. That was last week though so they've known about it for a while.

EU March Frozen corn is the likely source of an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes which has affected five EU Member States (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) since 2015. This is the conclusion of a rapid outbreak assessment published today by EFSA and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). As of 8 March 2018, 32 cases including six deaths had been reported. source

They have known about this since March and it has been going on for 3 years. Just keep cooking frozen veg properly. Wash raw veg and consider a food hygiene course if you really don't have a clue.

Shit! Those poor people.

I never considered people eating frozen veg uncooked, I always thought the texture would have gone weird.

I've been giving the frozen lidl sweetcorn to my hen as a cool treat in the warm weather. She seems fine. (But I'll chuck it ). Getting rid of everything else is excessive.