A PRODUCT STILL ON SHELVES
The emergency medical services doctors, after reassuring Julien, simply advised him to watch for any abnormal signs before going to the emergency room. Fortunately for him, he showed no symptoms. “I wonder how these maggots could have survived in a sealed container. Maybe there was an air leak at some point,” he wondered. Three days later, La Dépêche du Midi visited the site, and to everyone’s surprise, the product was still on shelves.

AN ISOLATED CASE ACCORDING TO THE BRAND
When contacted, the supermarket’s management confirmed that it had alerted its quality control teams. “Checks have been underway since Tuesday to determine whether this is an isolated case or a broader problem,” explained an Aldi spokesperson. However, the product has not been removed from shelves because, according to the brand, “until we are certain of widespread contamination, removing the merchandise from our 1,300 stores would be premature.”

CONTAMINATED SHRIMP
Last June, Aldi launched a massive recall of frozen Golden Seafood shrimp sold between March 18 and June 5. These products were contaminated with Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, better known as “flesh-eating.” The retail chain urged customers to immediately destroy the affected shrimp or return them to the store, as indicated on the Rappel Conso website.

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS BACTERIA
This dangerous bacterium, capable of infecting wounds when handling products, can also cause serious gastrointestinal problems in healthy people and, in the most severe cases, cause sepsis in more vulnerable individuals. The 400-gram trays affected by this recall were sold in several regions, including Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Île-de-France, Normandy, and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

A Toulouse resident discovered live maggots in a salad purchased at Aldi, raising food safety concerns.