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The shop has issued an urgent warning not to eat its Specially Selected Tikka King Prawns – after potentially uncovering salmonella in two batches in Scotland and Northumberland.

Salmonella can cause severe food poisoning – and even death.

The Food Standards Agency (FSS) has also warned customers not to eat the seafood.

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A spokesman for the FSS said: "Aldi is recalling the affected product from its customers and displaying point of sale notices in stores explaining to customers the reason for recall and the actions they can take if they have bought the affected product.

"No other Aldi products are known to be affected."

Customers should not try to cook or eat the product and instead return it to their nearest store, the FSS urged.

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It comes as repulsed families went to tuck into their Christmas turkeys – only to find green flesh inside the birds.

The batch numbers of the Aldi prawns affected are 6K14 and 6K15. The food carries a best before date of April 13, 2018.

An Aldi spokeswoman said: “Our Specially Selected Tikka King Prawns have been recalled from sale in our stores in Scotland and Berwick-upon-Tweed.

“This is a precautionary measure after testing detected the presence of salmonella in a very small sample of products."

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She added: “No other products or stores are affected and we have removed all affected products from our stores.

“Customers that have bought the products listed in our public recall notices should return them to their nearest store where they will receive a full refund.”