Rappn Report Week 37: two recalls, pumpkins at CHF 1.95

The week in 60 seconds

• Two public warnings in one day. On 11 September the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) warned against eating the Migros Sélection sashimi salmon fillet printed with the date 19.09.2026 (the correct date is 11.09.2026) and Coop Naturaplan organic prawns in which salmonella was detected (FSVO, 11 September 2026).
• 35,000 hail-marked pumpkins at CHF 1.95 instead of 4.80. Since 10 September Coop has been selling the butternut and Knirps pumpkins damaged by hail at Jucker Farm in Seegräben ZH under its Ünique label (foodaktuell, 10 September 2026).
• "Salami", "Schinken" and "Mortadella" stay meat words. The Federal Supreme Court confirmed that the three terms may not appear on vegan products, in a case about three items distributed by Lidl Switzerland (ruling 2C_380/2025, reported by foodaktuell on 10 September 2026).
• 80 kilos and about CHF 600 per person per year. That is what ends up in the bin, according to the organisers of the first national week against food waste, which runs from 12 to 20 September (watson, 12 September 2026).

Last updated: 14 September 2026. Every number comes from the linked sources, published between 7 and 13 September. We convert nothing and round nothing.

What should I check in the fridge after the two recalls?

On Thursday 11 September the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO, BLV in German) published two warnings on the same day. The first concerns the Migros Sélection ASC sashimi salmon fillet, 140 g, article number 2514.341.120.00, sold in Migros stores across Switzerland: the pack is printed with the use-by date 19.09.2026, the correct date is 11.09.2026. The FSVO recommends not eating it after 11 September. Buyers can return it to the store for a refund of the sale price, writes 20 minutes (11 September 2026), citing the Migros recall notice.

The second warning concerns two Coop Naturaplan products: Bio Crevetten Jumbo 120 g (article 4.084.735) and Bio Crevetten Cocktail 150 g (article 4.484.998), sold in Coop supermarkets, at Coop City, Coop Pronto and on coop.ch. Salmonella was detected in lots 14127, 14120 and 14124 (Jumbo, use-by dates 09.09.26 to 17.09.26) and 14120 and 14132 (Cocktail, 14.09.26 to 22.09.26). According to watson (10 September 2026) the two products cost CHF 7.95 and CHF 7.50 and were on sale from 28 August to 10 September; Coop refunds the full price on return.

For your shopping: check the article number and the lot on the pack, not the name. If the difference between a use-by date and a best-before date is unclear, our guide to date labels in Switzerland explains it in two minutes.

Why is Coop selling hail-marked pumpkins at CHF 1.95?

Last week hail hit several hectares of harvest-ready pumpkins at Jucker Farm in Seegräben, canton Zurich. In a normal year they would have gone to compost. Since 10 September Coop has been selling 35,000 of them, butternut and Knirps, under its Ünique label at CHF 1.95 apiece. The regular price of a butternut is CHF 4.80, reports foodaktuell (10 September 2026). Coop states that the pumpkins are of flawless quality: the skin carries the hail marks, the flesh does not.

Ünique is Coop's line for fruit and vegetables outside the cosmetic norm, usually crooked carrots and potatoes that are too big or too small. This time the volume is unusual: 35,000 pieces from a single grower, while stocks last.

For your shopping: CHF 1.95 against 4.80 is a gap declared by the seller, with a date. There are 35,000 of them: no need to rush.

What changes on the vegan shelf after the Federal Supreme Court ruling?

With ruling 2C_380/2025 of 29 July 2026, reported by foodaktuell on 10 September, the Federal Supreme Court upheld the cantonal decision against three vegan products by Rügenwalder Mühle distributed by Lidl Switzerland. The Thurgau cantonal laboratory had objected in autumn 2022 to the words "Salami", "Schinken" and "Mortadella" on the packs. For the court these terms are reserved under food law to meat products, however clearly the rest of the pack says "vegan".

This is not a verdict on the products, which stay on sale: it is a rule about names. Vegan alternatives that use words reserved for meat will have to be renamed. For anyone who reads labels, the practical consequence is that you will find the same product under a different name.

For your shopping: if you buy vegan alternatives, look at the ingredient list and the brand in the coming months, not the name on the front. Our guide to vegan grocery shopping in Switzerland collects products and prices by chain.

How much food do we really throw away, and what is happening this week?

From 12 to 20 September the first national action week against food waste takes place, coordinated by foodwaste.ch and United Against Waste under the motto "Mach mehr draus!". More than 50 organisations take part, among them several cantons, two chains (Aldi and Volg) and the restaurant and hotel associations, reports watson (12 September 2026). The organisers' figures: around 2.8 million tonnes of food are lost in Switzerland every year along the whole chain, a person throws away on average 80 kilograms a year worth around CHF 600, and if no household threw away a meal for one week, around 30 million meals would be saved.

These are the organisers' figures, not ours, and we report them as such. The point for the wallet is simple: CHF 600 per person is spending that never shows up as a loss on any receipt, because it is paid at the till and lost at home.

For your shopping: the most useful move of the week is not a promotion, it is the freezer. Our guide to freezing food says what keeps, and for how long.

What does this mean for your shopping?

A week without big price moves. The frame comes from the Federal Statistical Office, with a figure published on 3 September, before this week: in August consumer prices rose 0.4 percent on July, the index stands at 101.5 points (December 2025 = 100) and annual inflation is 0.8 percent; the release gives no separate figure for food. What is new this week is different: two recalls to check in the fridge, a declared price on 35,000 pumpkins, a naming rule that will change some packs, and a week that puts a number on the food we throw away. None of the four asks you to change supermarket. All four reward the person who reads the label.

Three quick questions

I bought the Coop organic prawns: what do I do? Compare the lot number with those in the FSVO warning of 11 September (14127, 14120, 14124 for the Jumbo; 14120, 14132 for the Cocktail). If it matches, do not eat them and return them to the store: Coop refunds the full price. Anyone who has eaten them and feels unwell should see a doctor, the FSVO advises.

Are the Ünique pumpkins worse? Coop declares them of flawless quality: the hail marked the skin. The price is CHF 1.95 apiece against a regular price of CHF 4.80 for the butternut, according to foodaktuell of 10 September.

Are vegan products disappearing from the shelves? No. The ruling concerns three words reserved for meat, not the products. The names on the packs will change.

This week's sources

• FSVO (BLV), public warning: wrong use-by date on Migros Sélection sashimi salmon fillet, 11.09.2026.
• FSVO (BLV), public warning: salmonella in Bio Crevetten Jumbo and Bio Crevetten Cocktail by Coop Naturaplan, 11.09.2026.
• watson, Coop ruft Bio Crevetten zurück, 10.09.2026.
• 20 minutes, Rappel de produit: saumon sashimi Migros, 11.09.2026.
• foodaktuell, Coop verkauft verhagelte Kürbisse, 10.09.2026.
• foodaktuell, Vegi-Bezeichnungen: Lidl Schweiz unterliegt vor Bundesgericht, 10.09.2026.
• watson, Mitmach-Aktionswoche gegen Food Waste, 12.09.2026.
• FSO (BFS), consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in August, 03.09.2026 (context, published before this week).
• foodaktuell, Brotgetreide: Swiss granum fordert stärkeren Grenzschutz, 11.09.2026.

Next Monday

Today, Monday 14 September, the Council of States debates four motions on bread grain and imports of baked goods: in 2025 Switzerland imported around 164,000 tonnes of baked goods, almost three times as much as twenty years ago, according to Swiss granum (foodaktuell, 11 September 2026). The same organisation says the effect on the bread price would be small. We report back next Monday with the result. In the first days of October the FSO publishes the price index for September. The Rappn Report comes out every Monday at 7, here on rappn.ch.

Updates

• 14.09.2026: first publication. Corrections appear here, with their date.

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