First National Bakery Bread Recalled Over Rodent Contamination Fears
If you buy bread from a Caribbean bakery or independent shop, this one's worth paying attention to. FNM Bakery Limited has issued a large-scale recall of its First National Bakery products after concerns were raised about potential rodent contamination. The Food Standards Agency has classified this as a product recall -- the products are considered unsafe to eat and should not be consumed under any circumstances.
This is the second rodent-related recall in recent weeks, following the MOMA porridge incident in March. It's never pleasant reading, but it's exactly the kind of alert you need to act on quickly -- contamination from rodents can carry serious bacteria including Salmonella and E. coli, and there's no way to tell from looking at or smelling the bread whether it's affected.
What's Affected
The recall covers sixteen different products from FNM Bakery Limited, all sold under the First National Bakery name:
- Bulla Bread -- Batch 62d, best before April 27, 2026
- Coco Bread -- Batch 59a, best before April 28, 2026
- Corn Bread -- Batch 61e, best before April 28, 2026
- Large Bun (800g) -- Batch 57c, best before May 5, 2026
- Bun Cob (400g) -- Batch 56c, best before May 5, 2026
- Medium Bun (600g) -- Batch 57c, best before May 5, 2026
- Wholemeal Sliced Bread (1100g) -- Batch 59b, best before April 28, 2026
- Wholemeal Unsliced Bread (1100g) -- Batch 59b, best before April 28, 2026
- Hi Top Unsliced Bread (1000g) -- Batch 59a, best before April 28, 2026
- Hi Top Sliced Bread (1000g) -- Batch 59a, best before April 28, 2026
- Shilling / Small Bread (400g) -- Batch 62a, best before April 28, 2026
- Large/Medium Sliced Squares (1200g/800g) -- Batch 62a, best before April 28, 2026
- Large/Medium Unsliced Squares (1200g/800g) -- Batch 62a, best before April 28, 2026
- Mongoose (1000g) -- Batch 62a, best before April 28, 2026
- Twist (1000g) -- Batch 62a, best before April 28, 2026
- Wing (1000g) -- Batch 62a, best before April 28, 2026
That's a lot of bread. If you've bought any First National Bakery product recently, check the batch code on the packaging against this list.
What You Should Do
- Do not eat any of the products listed above. Even if the bread looks and smells fine, rodent contamination isn't something you can detect yourself.
- Return the product to where you bought it for a full refund.
- If you've already eaten any of these products and are feeling unwell -- nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach cramps, or fever -- contact your GP and mention this recall.
- For further information, you can contact FNM Bakery Limited at [email protected] or call 0121 553 5117.
Worth Knowing
Rodent contamination is one of the more serious categories of food safety issue. Unlike an undeclared allergen, which is dangerous to specific people, contamination like this poses a risk to everyone. The best-before dates on these products run into early May, so some of this bread could still be sitting in kitchens right now. If you know anyone who buys from this range, it's worth passing the message along -- not everyone checks food safety alerts regularly, and a quick heads-up could save someone a nasty bout of food poisoning.