Meat withdrawn from French supermarkets over E.Coli risk
Lidl and Super U among stores selling potentially impacted ground beef
Freezing ground beef does not kill E.Coli bacteria
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A nationwide recall of ground beef is taking place at supermarkets across France due to fears of an E.Coli outbreak.
Several variants of ground beef (steak hachés) and pre-made hamburger patties are being recalled from Super U, Lidl, Aldi, and Grand Frais supermarkets.
As of Friday (March 27), six products have been recalled, including two from Aldi’s ‘St Clemens Le Boucher’ range, Lidl’s Etal du boucher, U’s meat range, and from the Sicarev and Tradival brands at Grand Frais.
Products were sold between March 17 and 26, 2026, at stores nationwide.
A full list of the items being recalled and the shops they were sold at can be found here on the official Rappel Conso recall website.
Official advice is to return the products to the store of purchase for a refund – information on how to do so is available on the Rappel Conso site, with a return limit of between April 8 and April 10 depending on the supermarket in question.
Notices contain support numbers to contact for further queries or information.
Alternatively, products should be thrown out, and not be consumed under any circumstances.
Particular attention is being given to the recall due to the popularity of freezing ground meat for future use – E.Coli is not killed by freezing so can still infect people who put the meat into their freezer.
Contact a doctor if symptoms appear
“Toxigenic Shiga Escherichia coli (STEC, known as E.Coli) can cause diarrhea (sometimes bloody), abdominal pain, and vomiting, with or without fever, within a week of consuming contaminated products” states Rappel Conso.
In between 5% to 8% of cases, this can lead to severe kidney complications, particularly in younger children.
Anyone who is experiencing the above symptoms and consumed an infected product should immediately contact a doctor, confirming the food they consumed and date eaten.
“E.Coli can cause gastroenteritis within three days of consumption, characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea (possibly bloody), with or without fever,” Rappel Conso adds.
People suffering from this should also immediately contact a doctor.
If it has been at least 15 days since consuming an infected product and you have not been sick, there is no need to worry about an infection.
