The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has issued a recall notice for three products produced by Russell Meats due to unapproved processing, packaging and labelling.

The recall applies to all vacuum-packed ready-to-eat Russell Meats sliced corned beef, sliced turkey, and roast beef sliced.

The FSAI said that these products were "processed, packaged and labelled without approval and were therefore not subject to official controls".

The authority said that recall notices will be displayed at point-of-sale.

Retailers are being requested to remove the implicated products from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale.

Wholesalers/distributors are being asked to contact their affected customers and recall the implicated products and provide a point-of-sale recall notice to their retail customers.

The FSAI also advised consumers not to eat the implicated products.

The FSAI previously confirmed that it received just under 5,000 complaints from consumers on a range of food issues in 2024, an increase of almost 14% on the year before.

The authority said there were 4,996 complaints from consumers in 2024, with 32% of complaints relating to unfit food and 29% to suspected food poisoning.

Overall, the 4,996 consumer complaints in 2024 represented a 13.7% increase compared to 2023, with 4,395 complaints.

The figures reflect an overall upwards trend over the past decade, the authority said.

Among the other issues for which consumers complained, there was 169 complaints related to labelling, and 81 complaints related to “unregistered food businesses”.