Attention! A popular food could contain insecticides. Buyers are warned about consumption and are asked to bring the products back to the store.
- A supermarket has started a recall * for a pepper mix .
- It could contain insecticides .
- Consumption could have dire consequences .
Brussels - glass splinters in jam or toxic substances in eggs: there are always foreign bodies in food that make it dangerous to eat. Consumers should also be careful with peppers that were bought from the supermarket chain tegut . Consumption can have dire consequences.
Recall of paprika mix: We strongly advise against consumption - contain toxic substances
The trading company "tegut ... Gute Lebensmittel GmbH & Co. KG" calls back a paprika mix from the Belgian producer Coöperatie Hoogstraten cv on a store notice and reports product recalls . de . As the company itself informs in the notice, "an insect control agent was detected in the product " .
The paprika mix is the 500g pack with red, green and yellow paprika with the batch T: 149524 and the EAN: 5400357002200 and the origin Belgium. According to the portal, the mixture was sold in tegut stores in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia.
Consumption is strongly discouraged. Tegut asks customers to bring the goods they have already bought back to the market. “Of course you will be reimbursed the purchase price. Thank you for your understanding ”, it says on the notice.
Recall of pepper mix: Consumption can have dire consequences - symptoms of poisoning possible
The consumption of peppers contaminated with insecticides should be avoided in any case. As produktrueckruf.de further writes, it is not clear which control agent is involved. Therefore, countermeasures and rapid intervention when the agent comes into contact is difficult.
However , according to the site, general symptoms of intoxication can include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or abdominal pain and headaches. Dizziness, agitation, hallucinations and confused states are also possible. In addition, the acceleration or deceleration of the pulse, paleness, reddened skin, feeling hot, shock or clouding of consciousness up to unconsciousness and shortness of breath up to respiratory or cardiovascular arrest could indicate poisoning. (chd) * merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.