The stomach hurts, the skin itches - and in an emergency you can't breathe.
A wholesaler is now recalling its fruit jelly, as consuming it could have dire consequences.
Sulfur dioxide and sulfites are
not dangerous to most people.
However, if you have an allergic reaction to it, you atone for eating it bitterly.
A
German wholesaler
only poorly labeled the packaging of its popular sweet.
Now he reacts to the mistake and calls back his
fruit jelly
.
Herrenberg - Whether chocolate, cookies or gummy bears -
sweets
are popular with young and old.
But now a particularly
fruit jelly is
affected
by a Germany-wide
recall campaign *
.
The confectionery is badly labeled * so that some consumers could suffer serious damage from their consumption.
Herrenberger wholesaler calls back fruit jelly
As the portal
produktwarnung.de announced
on Thursday, the packaging of the affected products did not state that
it could contain
sulfur dioxide and sulfites
.
Due to the unmarked
allergens
, the dealer
Monolith Süd GmbH is
now
reacting
immediately and calling back its
fruit jelly
.
A jelly mixture is affected
by the
recall campaign
, which
consists of
half
apple puree
and
half
plum
puree
.
Fruit jelly fans
should now
check
their
sweets depot
for the said mixture in the
180 gram package
and the
best before date January 20, 2021
.
If you are
affected
by the
recall campaign
, the manufacturer guarantees the
reimbursement of the purchase price
even without a receipt.
Monolith Süd GmbH
very much
regrets that this incident occurred "despite the greatest possible care in production * and extensive internal controls"
and apologizes to all customers for the inconvenience that has now arisen.
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As a “precaution”, the company from
Herrenberg
advises
against consuming the product, as it could
trigger allergic reactions
in people with
sulfite intolerance
.
Sulfur dioxide
and the resulting
sulfite salts
are quite common in foods for preservation purposes and are
approved as additives
for numerous products, such as
wines
and
fruit gums
.
Most people tolerate the
allergen
well - but time and again some develop more serious, allergic reactions.
Recall: Sulphites can cause breathing difficulties, diarrhea and eczema
The extent of this can vary greatly from person to person: For example, the
mucous membranes in the entire mouth, nose and throat
as well as the
tongue can
swell and, in an emergency, impair breathing and
narrow the bronchi
.
An allergic reaction to sulfite can on the other hand by symptoms in
intestinal area gastrointestinal
express and
nausea, vomiting
and
diarrhea
cause.
Also,
itching, hives
and
eczema
can have an allergy consequence.
In the worst case scenario, it could also trigger life-threatening anaphylactic shock.
Recall: Incorrect allergen labeling - Monolith recalls jelly product mixhttps: //t.co/UjyyBbGfNM pic.twitter.com/3cmRqlPGB1
- Product Warning (@ Product Warning1) November 19, 2020
The
Monolith South GmbH
is one of around 3,000 customers and 500 employees of the leading
wholesalers
for Eastern European food and specialties.
The now recalled
fruit jelly was sold
throughout Germany in
Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate
and
Saarland
.
The
Produktwarnung.de
portal
did not provide any information about where the
fruit jelly was
sold - but it can still be assumed that it was mainly available as a
special item in discounters
.
Even
online retailers
like
Amazon
sell the imported products of Mr. Berger wholesaler.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital network.
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