An urgent frozen vegetable recall has been ordered in Australia, but foods made by the same company were pulled off UK shelves days earlier.
The recall affects food products made by Belgium-based company Greenyard Frozen and sold at Woolworths, Aldi and IGA.
Fears of listeria contamination, which is potentially fatal, prompted the Monday recall, which followed a similar move in the UK last week.
An urgent recall has been ordered for thousands of bags of frozen vegetables, but Australian consumers after the same company took products off shelves in the UK (stock image)
Contaminated food has been linked to nine deaths and 47 cases of illness across Europe, with the suspect products traced to a plant in Hungary.
The factory in Baja in the country’s south was allowed to continue supplying shops despite problems with listeria contamination dating back to 2016.
Hungarian authorities shut the plant on June 29, issuing a recall for products made between August 2016 and June 2018.
The UK Food Standards Agency then recalled 43 products on July 6, adding to the list on July 9.
Black & Gold Corn Kernels 500g and Gold Mixed Vegetables 1kg Carrots, peas, beans & corn (left) are both being recalled at IGA. Market Fare Peas, Carrots and Super Sweet Corn 1kg, Market Fare Corn Kernels 1kg, Market Fare Mixed Vegetables 1kg and Market Fare Quick Steam Carrot Broccoli and Cauliflower 450g are all being recalled at Aldi (right)
Supermarkets Woolworths (pictured), Aldi and IGA have been stocking the frozen vegetable products that might contain the harmful listeria bacteria
The Australian recall was only announced on July 9, and only applies to products originating from Belgium and Hungary.
The specific packets at risk include mixed carrot, corn, broccoli, peas packets stocked under three brands: Black & Gold, Market Fare and Bell Farms.
The frozen vegetables are being recalled due to ‘possible microbial contamination,’ according to Food Standard Australia New Zealand.
Consumers have been warned to return affected products to the place of purchase for a full refund.
Listeria is a rare bacteria responsible for the disease listeriosis.
The bacteria grows on certain high-risk foods.
In serious cases, the disease can be fatal for sick patients.
People more commonly at risk or listeria contamination are the elderly, those with weak immune systems, pregnant women and their unborn babies.
Symptoms of the rare disease include muscle aches, fevers, nausea, drowsiness and diarrhoea, according to a Department of Health fact sheet.
The listeria warning comes after a similar outbreak earlier this year affecting Australian rockmelons.
Six Australians died from eating the listeria-infected fruit in February.
Daily Mail Australia contacted Food Standards Australia and New Zealand for comment.
Frozen vegetable brands Market Fare and Black & Gold stocked at Aldi (pictured, stock image) and IGA are also being urgently recalled