Sainsbury’s chocolate bar recall update: Sainsbury’s has hastily recalled A well-liked chocolate bar due to concerns that it might contain ‘fragments of metal’.
Sainsbury’s has alerted consumers who purchased the 150g Belgian Milk Chocolate Honeycomb Pretzel bar. Customers are advised by supermarket behemoth Sainsbury‘s to return and not eat this chocolate product.
The supermarket has advised customers to return any Belgian Milk Chocolate Honeycomb Pretzel bars they have purchased to the closest location and to avoid eating the 150g bar, which costs £2.50.
Products with best-before dates before the end of April are impacted by the recall. After returning the candy, those who have already purchased the treat will receive a complete refund.
It is recommended that customers who have purchased the product with the batch code “L159922” contact the supplier right away. Birmingham Live states that the recall of this delicious delicacy has been attributed to the possible presence of metal shards.
A Sainsbury’s representative said: “If you have purchased the above product with the affected batch code, please do not consume this product and instead return it to any Sainsbury’s store for a refund.’
Metal pieces found in some of the items prompted the urgent ‘do not consume’ order. However, the supermarket stated that this problem has not affected any other products. Customers are urged to call the Sainsbury’s Careline staff at 0800 636 262 for any additional information.
According to the supermarket’s website:” If you have purchased the above product with the affected batch code, please do not consume this product and instead return it to any Sainsbury’s store for a refund.
For any further information, please contact Sainsbury’s Careline team on 0800 636 262. No other Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference confectionery products have been affected by this issue. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.”
There have been other product recalls prior to this most recent statement. Lidl’s popular BBQ Pork Scratchings, Sol and Mar Chicharricos, were also recalled just last week.
The Food Standards Agency ascribed its action to the potential danger of Salmonella. For a complete refund, customers are encouraged to return any recalled goods to the retailer where they were bought.
Additionally, a widely consumed cheese has been promptly withdrawn and marked as tainted, raising concerns that it may contain harmful bacteria.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has advised against the product, which is available in most UK supermarkets, since it may contain a harmful bacterium that can cause renal failure and kill one in twenty individuals.
According to FSS, this is because some of these goods might contain Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), a type of bacteria that can lead to serious food poisoning cases and potentially fatal renal issues.
This group, also referred to as verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC), contains strains that can cause severe diarrhoeal disease, as was shown in Germany in 2011.
O157 is the most prevalent STEC strain in the UK, per a 2017 report by Public Health England. Some people have been known to avoid becoming sick from exposure, while others have experienced bloody diarrhoea and stomach cramps.
The most prevalent sources of Salmonella bacteria, which cause food poisoning, are raw meat, undercooked chicken, eggs, and unpasteurised milk.
The FSA cautioned that “severe gastrointestinal symptoms” could result from “the potential presence” of the harmful bacteria in the contaminated batch of scratchings.
The government body added: ‘Symptoms caused by salmonella usually include fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.’
Lidl has informed customers about the urgent recall by posting notifications in its stores. According to FSA guidelines, persons who are young, elderly, or have compromised immune systems are more likely to become “severely ill” from salmonella-caused food poisoning.
