An urgent warning has been issued over salad products at retail giant Tesco because of fears they may be contaminated with salmonella.

Customers who bought the affected pasta salads are being urged not to eat them and instead to return them to the supermarket for a full refund.

Tesco said it would be recalling specific date codes of three Tesco Pasta Salads due to the possible presence of found during routine testing, The Mirror reported.

The meals affected include esco Basil Pesto & Semi Dried Tomato Pasta 225g with a use by date of Jul 24 (2025), the Tesco Chicken & Chorizo Pasta 285g with use by dates Jul 24 and Jul 25, and the Tesco Feta Semi Dried Tomato Pasta 290g with the use by date Jul 24.

The notice added: 'If you have purchased the affected date code of the above product, please do not eat it. Instead. return it to any Tesco store for a full refund. No receipt is required. No other Tesco products are affected by this recall.'