13 UK fruit packs recalled over salmonella fears

What happened

Thirteen pre-packaged fruit products have been recalled in the UK after testing found Salmonella in apple and kiwi used in the packs.

The recall affects products sold through Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, M&S and Waitrose. Prepworld, the supplier behind the affected fruit packs, has told customers not to eat them and to return them to the store where they were bought for a full refund.

Point-of-sale notices have been placed in stores to warn shoppers about the recall.

Products affected

The recalled items include a range of fruit pots and mixed fruit packs. Reporting on the recall says the list includes combinations such as melon, kiwi and strawberry mixes, Pink Lady apple mixes and Tesco kiwi fruit pots.

The recall was described in reporting as a wide consumer food-safety issue because the products were ready to eat and had been distributed through multiple major supermarket chains.

Timeline of the recall

The first known report on the recall appeared on June 24, 2026, when The Scottish Sun published details of the affected fruit and the supermarkets involved.

The Sun followed later the same day with a fuller list of the 13 products and repeated the advice to return the fruit for a refund.

That same-day sequence suggests the recall notice was moving quickly through both retailer and media channels as the list of affected products became clearer.

What shoppers should do

Anyone who bought one of the recalled packs should not eat it.

The advice reported so far is to return the product to the store of purchase for a full refund. Where reported, no receipt was required.

The Scottish Sun also said shoppers who develop symptoms should stay home for 48 hours and avoid school, work or nursery.

Why the recall matters

Salmonella can cause fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps. In a ready-to-eat product, the main risk is that contamination reaches consumers before the problem is identified.

Because the affected packs were sold across six large supermarket chains, the recall has the potential to affect a wide number of households across the UK.

What remains unclear

In the reporting reviewed for this article, no separate official Food Standards Agency notice was identified.

No confirmed illness cluster linked to the recalled packs was reported in the available coverage, and it was not clear whether any further products would be added to the recall list.

Further updates may follow if regulators publish a matching notice, retailers add more products or public-health authorities report linked cases.

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