{"id":654605,"date":"2026-10-14T15:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/654605\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:46:11","slug":"flour-beetles-prompt-recall-of-ready-brek-and-tesco-porridge-products-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/654605\/","title":{"rendered":"Flour beetles prompt recall of Ready Brek and Tesco porridge products \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Consumers have been advised not to eat some batches of Ready Brek Original and Tesco Super Smooth Porridge due to the possible presence of flour beetles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The advice comes from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/food-safety-authority-of-ireland\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/food-safety-authority-of-ireland\/\">Food Safety Authority of Ireland<\/a>, which has asked retailers to remove the specific batches from shop shelves. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The authority said the presence of flour beetles would render the products unfit for human consumption, prompting the recall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Flour beetles are very small insects, appearing red, shiny, flat and elongated, but only 3-4mm long. They are frequently found in dry foods such as flour, rice, pasta, cereals and spices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The recall covers 750g batches of Ready Brek Original with best-before dates ranging from July 8th, 2027, to September 16th, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The notice also covered 450g batches of Ready Brek Original with best-before dates ranging from July 1st, 2027, to October 1st, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Tesco Super Smooth Porridge batches (750g) with best-before dates between June 30th, 2027, and August 15th, 2027, are also covered by the recall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The full list can be viewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsai.ie\/news-and-alerts\/food-alerts\/recall-of-specific-batches-of-ready-brek-original\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.fsai.ie\/news-and-alerts\/food-alerts\/recall-of-specific-batches-of-ready-brek-original\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Consumers have been advised not to eat some batches of Ready Brek Original and Tesco Super Smooth Porridge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,31413,61,60,4013],"class_list":["post-654605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-food-safety-authority-of-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tesco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}