Inspired To Cook By Sainsbury's Pitted: Listeria recall (2026)

At a glance

• Official publisher: UK Food Standards Agency
• Publisher record date: 2026-09-04
• Event status: unknown
• Event type: food recall
• Product: Inspired to Cook by Sainsbury's Pitted Black Olives
• Hazard: Listeria
• Recall / risk class: http://data.food.gov.uk/food-alerts/def/Alert, http://data.food.gov.uk/food-alerts/def/PRIN
• Distribution scope: national
• Affected jurisdictions recorded by the feed: GB

What the official record says

The UK Food Standards Agency published alert FSA-PRIN-43-2026 on 2026-09-04: Sainsbury's recalls Inspired to Cook by Sainsbury's Pitted Black Olives because of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Hazard: Listeria. FSA lists this notice as "Published"; that is not proof the recall is still ongoing. Open the FSA notice for product details and any consumer action. Not medical advice. The presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the product listed above. Symptoms caused by Listeria monocytogenes can be similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea. However, in rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications, such as meningitis.    Some people are more vulnerable to Listeria infections, including those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and their unborn babies, babies less than one month old and people with weakened immune systems. The statements above come from the structured UK Food Standards Agency record linked on this page. OutbreakThreat has not independently tested the product, verified laboratory results, or expanded the affected geography beyond what the publisher supplied.

Product and hazard details

• Product (publisher wording): Inspired to Cook by Sainsbury's Pitted Black Olives
• Recall / risk class: http://data.food.gov.uk/food-alerts/def/Alert, http://data.food.gov.uk/food-alerts/def/PRIN
• Hazard type: Listeria

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Geography and distribution

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Who may be affected

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What to do next

1. Open the primary UK Food Standards Agency notice linked below and compare brand, lot, and dates.
2. Follow only the consumer action stated on that official notice. This brief does not invent discard, return, or "do not eat" instructions.
3. If the source describes illness risk and you develop compatible symptoms after exposure, contact a clinician and mention the product and date.
4. Related hubs: food recall alerts and foodborne outbreak alerts.

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Sources

• UK Food Standards Agency - primary event record

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Limitations - not medical advice

This brief is informational only. It is not a diagnosis, treatment plan, or personal risk score. Follow your clinician and local public health authority. OutbreakThreat is an independent aggregator, not a government agency. *Automatically generated from a structured official-source record and checked by publication rules. Last modeled status: unknown. Importance score: 75.*