The Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health has advised that following analysis carried out, the following product should not be consumed to due to elevated levels of histamine.
Product Description: Anchovy fillets in olive oil
Brand: deepblue
Origin: Spain
Weight: 48g
Packaging Description: Metal tin inside carton box
Best before date: April 2015
Lot No: A 58
The Company involved was instructed to recall product in question, however since part of the consignment has probably reached the final consumer, as it is done in these cases, this Directorate is obliged to inform the public of this recall.
For further information, the public is kindly requested to contact the Health Inspectorate Services between 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on telephone number 21337333, or by calling personally at its offices at Continental Business Centre, Old Railway Track, Santa Venera or by email mhi@gov.mt [1].
The public is also being invited to access the Directorate’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Environmental-Health-Directorate-Malta/145027878928626?ref=hl [2] or our official website for similar information.