Overview
- Only the 200 g Meisterklasse Schinken‑Zwiebelmettwurst with lot L04804 and use‑by date 12 March 2026 is affected, and it was sold exclusively at Penny.
- OVO Vertriebs GmbH has withdrawn the product from stores in twelve German states and stresses that no other lots are involved.
- Consumers are advised not to eat the item and may return it to any Penny store for a full refund without a receipt.
- Officials warn that salmonella infection can cause diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting and mild fever, with higher risk for infants, older adults and immunocompromised people.
- The recall was posted on lebensmittelwarnung.de; media report the contamination was detected during routine official testing by the Stuttgart chemical and veterinary laboratory.