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Recall for popular dessert: danger due to food contamination - increased risk of cancer

2020-09-25T14:10:15.779Z


The imported product of a specialist for Eastern European goods is affected by a recall. The waffle cake is at risk from carcinogenic substances.


The imported product of a specialist for Eastern European goods is affected by a recall.

The waffle cake is at risk from carcinogenic substances.

  • Food recall

    by the

    Monolith Group

    for an imported product from Eastern Europe.

  • The company has announced that there is a health risk

    when consuming the

    Alönka waffle cake

    .

  • Reason: It is a potential food contamination hazard.

Bergheim - Those who prefer to

stock up

on

confectionery

from

Eastern Europe

should now read carefully: The Monolith group of companies has to

publish

a recall

for the

waffle cake with

the code "

Alönka

". The product has a cream filling (61 percent) and is

coated in

a cocoa-based fat glaze These are goods with the best before date (BBD)

November 19, 2020

.

Recall for Russian sweets: Alönka waffle cake should not be consumed

However, the enjoyment of this

Russian dessert

is clouded because there is a risk of food contamination.

The company, which has locations all over Germany, has announced that there are "health risks from undesirable contaminants with genotoxic and carcinogenic effects".

What does that mean in concrete terms?

As the Federal Association of the German Confectionery

Industry

informs on its website,

contaminants

are "impurities that have accidentally got into food".

These mostly arise in the manufacturing process or pass from the packaging into the food.

The

harmful substances

can be, for.

B. Acrylamide, dioxins, mineral oil components, mycotoxins or heavy metals.

Recall: Health hazard - Monolith warns of waffle cake "Alönka" with cream fillinghttps: //t.co/i3QDFoMQRw pic.twitter.com/MtG9u866j1

- Product Warning (@ Product Warning1) September 14, 2020

In the case of the

imported product Alönka

, the hazard arises from

chemical substances

that cause changes in the genetic material of the food (genotoxic).

The consequences for people?

There is an

increased risk of cancer

(carcinogenic).

Recall for Alönka waffle cake from the Monolith Group: Consumers can do that now

Consumers who

have bought

the potentially defective

Alönka waffle cake

are warned against consumption and should return the product to the respective market.

The purchase price will be refunded immediately.

A free hotline is also available - on

0800 66 66 548

.

The Monolith group of companies has existed since 1997 and has specialized in the import of Eastern European food, especially from Russia.

In addition, the Europe-wide importer also imports goods from the "non-food" sector, as can be seen on the company website.

It is not uncommon for a recall to remove defective products from circulation.

The most common causes can be clearly understood.

Every now and then advertising leads astray, that is a well-known fact.

In an online vote, however, a large Bavarian cheese manufacturer won a not very glorious negative price.

List of rubric lists: © Robert Michael / dpa

Source: merkur

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