A “danger” for health: recall of canned tuna sold by Coopérative U throughout France

This is a fish that is best not caught off the supermarket shelves. This Monday, health authorities published a recall from the Coopérative U group targeting cans of whole tuna, sold throughout France. These may represent a danger to consumers, and should therefore no longer be used.

Several formats are concerned: 312-gram cans of “whole natural skipjack tuna U-line fishing”, or those of “whole natural tuna”, which can weigh either 70g or 265g. All are of the U brand, and were sold in the distributor's stores throughout France. They can normally be consumed for several more years, until 2029, or even 2030.

These boxes have a packaging defect: they may be dented, which leads to “loss of liquid and deterioration of the product”. Consumers must therefore no longer use this tuna, which has been manufactured or preserved “in conditions which do not provide satisfactory health guarantees” and may present “a danger” to their health. A hotline number - 0969366936 - has been set up, and affected customers can return the boxes to their point of sale for a refund.