Ice cream and bars are among a number of items that have been removed from supermarket shelves across the country over the past week due to food safety concerns.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has issued a number of recalls for specific batches of certain products.
Consumers have been urged to check their fridges, freezers and cupboards for the affected items and follow the issued advice on what to do next.
Retailers who stock the impacted products will have point of sale notices posted in their stores and provide shoppers with refunds for returning any affected batches.
Below are all of the current recall notices in effect for several Irish shops:
Ella’s Kitchen Banana and Vanilla Bread Pudding
Ella’s Kitchen is recalling specific batches of Ella’s Kitchen Banana and Vanilla Bread Pudding due to Possible Microbiological Contamination as the product may contain microbiological contamination and could be unsafe to eat.
A distribution list will be emailed to PEHOs in due course.
While retailers are requested to remove the implicated batches from sale and to display a point-of-sale recall notice in stores where the affected batches were sold.
Consumers are advised not to feed the implicated batches to infants.
The implicated batches include:
L192 and L193; best before date: 04/23
Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream
The implicated batches of Häagen-Dazs ice cream listed in the table below are being recalled due to the detection of 2-chloroethanol in one of the ingredients used in their manufacture.
2-Chloroethanol is a recognised reaction product of ethylene oxide. Ethylene oxide is a pesticide that is not permitted for use in foods sold in the EU but is approved for use by other countries outside the EU.
Although the consumption of the contaminated batches does not pose an acute risk to health, there is an increased risk if there is continued consumption of contaminated food over a long period of time. Therefore, exposure to this substance needs to be minimised.
Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores supplied with the implicated batches.
Below is a table of the recalled batches:
Undeclared Egg in Herbalife Deluxe Protein Bar Vanilla Almond Flavour
The implicated batch of Herbalife Protein Bar Vanilla Almond flavour was mispacked with Herbalife Protein Bar Citrus Lemon flavour.
The Herbalife Protein Bar Citrus Lemon product contains eggs which are not declared on the ingredients list.
This may make the affected batch unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of eggs.
Little Collins CBD Products
The below batches of Little Collins CBD oils and paste are being recalled due to the presence of unsafe levels of delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
The implicated batches of Little Collins CBD oils and paste contain unsafe levels of delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) based on the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) acute reference dose.
Primark Winnie the Pooh Plate
Primark is recalling its Primark Winnie the Pooh plate.
These affected plates may give rise to the possible migration into food of chemicals (lead & formaldehyde). However, health effects are not expected from using these plates.
Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in Penny’s stores supplied with the implicated plates.
The product code is:
Kimball no. 6041901
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