Food Standards warns the products \u201cmay have been available for sale in retail outlets and butcher shops in NSW and QLD\u201d.<\/p>\n
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Arrow<\/a><\/p>\n Food Standards issued the alert<\/a> over concerns the meats had been contaminated by listeria monocytogenes, which causes a listeria infection.<\/p>\n \u201cListeria monocytogenes may cause severe illness in pregnant women, unborn babies, neonates, the elderly and immunocompromised individuals,\u201d Food Standards said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe general population can also become ill from consuming food contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.\u201d<\/p>\n Symptoms of a listeria infection affecting the digestive system include diarrhea, upset stomach and vomiting, according to the Mayo Clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cHealthy people rarely become very ill from listeria infection but the disease can be fatal to unborn babies, newborns and people with weakened immune systems,\u201d the Mayo Clinic says.<\/p>\n \u201cPrompt antibiotic treatment can help curb the effects of listeria infection.\u201d<\/p>\n These symptoms often start within a day of eating tainted food. They tend to go away within a few days.<\/p>\n The alert warns consumers \u201cshould not eat this product<\/a>\u201d and instead \u201creturn the products to the place of purchase for a full refund\u201d.<\/p>\n All 1kg sliced roast beef packages have been recalled while the below products have alerts for various use-by dates:<\/p>\n Sliced silverside 1kg: All use by dates up to and including 20\/12\/2025.4×4 sandwich ham 1kg: All use by dates up to and including 13\/12\/2025.Champagne ham sliced 1kg: All use by dates up to and including 17\/12\/2025.Provincial ham sliced 1kg: All use by dates up to and including 15\/12\/2025.<\/p>\n Correction: An earlier version of this article stated one of the above recalled items was sold at Woolworths, however Gotzinger Smallgoods and Woolworths have confirmed this was not the case.<\/p>\n![\"Recalled](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/468f3554294bac5aaefe2cef08b9ba25f42e964b.jpg\")
Recalled 1kg packages of Gotzinger sliced meats. Credit: Food Standards Australia New Zealand<\/p>\n