PHOTO – Do not buy this Hungarian sausage: it causes brain fever!

Hungary’s National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) recalled a popular Hungarian sausage product because it may cause brain fever (meningitis).

According to Ripost, a Hungarian tabloid, shops give back the price of the sausage even without an invoice. Baromfirudacska 1000 g was sold by the Aldi Magyarország Élelmiszer Bt. The supporter is the Merian Foods Élelmiszeripari Kft. The cause of recall is the possible presence of the listeria monocytogenes bacteria, Nébih told the Hungarian press yesterday.

The recall affects only products best before 12 June and under the registration number L1132.BB.3.4. You can take back the product to any of the Aldi stores and get its price back without an invoice. Aldi informed its customers about the recall on its official website.

Photo: Nébih

What is listeria monocytogenes?

Any food infected by this bacteria can cause listeriosis. In healthy persons, that does not cause any symptoms. But in the case of infants, pregnant women, people above 70 and persons having a weak immune system, the risk of developing a more serious illness is higher. The symptoms include fever, vomits, diarrhoea, and headaches. Complications may cause brain fever, sepsis and miscarriage. In 20-30 percent of the cases, the patient may die.