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Warning, don't eat this popular snack - Toxic substance discovered

2020-12-06T18:14:38.497Z


Cancer risk! Recall due to toxic substance in sesame. The Italian snack is also very popular in Germany.


Cancer risk!

Recall due to toxic substance in sesame.

The Italian snack is also very popular in Germany.

  • Current recall *

    : for an

    Italian snack

    because of

    cancer risk.

  • The

    recall

    * applies to 13 federal states.

  • Several batches with different

    best before dates

    are affected

    .

Kassel - Another

sesame product is

affected

by a

recall

.

Most recently, among other things, a callback for a muesli snack * and for so-called "Granola Bites *" was started.

Now

consumers

are being warned about an Italian specialty

that could

even

cause cancer

.

Recall for Italian specialty started: ethylene oxide can cause cancer

The product "RomiMarie GRISSINI TORINESI CON SEMI DI SESAMO 250g" is affected.

These are

thin bread sticks

that are

part of the culinary tradition

in

Italy

and are considered a real

specialty

- and which are also very popular as a nibble snack in Germany.

As the company

Romina sro writes

in a

press

release, the quality and safety of the products offered have "top priority", which is why a

recall

has been

initiated

"for reasons of preventive consumer protection"

.

This is reported by Merkur.de *.

According to the consumer portal produktwarnung.eu a residue of the pesticide

ethylene oxide was

detected, which in the worst case

could cause

cancer

.

The product has already been taken off the market.

According to the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety, the recall applies to the following federal states:

  • Hesse

  • Baden-Wuerttemberg

  • Bavaria

  • Lower Saxony

  • Berlin, Brandenburg

  • Bremen

  • Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

  • North Rhine-Westphalia

  • Rhineland-Palatinate

  • Saxony

  • Saxony-Anhalt

  • Thuringia

Recall: Ethylene oxide - ROMINA calls back "RomiMarie - Grissini Torinesi" https://t.co/L2kRuSCj5G

- Product Warning (@ Product Warning1) December 1, 2020

Cancer risk: the recall applies to these batch codes

From the

recall

affects different batch codes to the

expiration dates

can be seen (MHD).

These can be found on the back of the packaging of the Italian bread sticks.

However, all other best-before dates, batch codes or products from

ROMINA sro

are not affected.

Due to the consequences of consuming

ethylene oxide

, such as

cancer in the

worst case

, we strongly advise against consuming the product.

The following batch codes and best-before dates are relevant for the recall:

  • Batch code L20121 / MHD 01.03.2021

  • Batch code L20129 / BBD 08.03.2021

  • Batch code L20153 / BBD 01.04.2021

  • Batch code L20157 / BBD 05.04.2021

Recall: cancer from ethylene oxide consumption?

Consumer portal criticizes the manufacturer's communication

The

pesticide ethylene oxide

is considered to be extremely dangerous because the

chemical is

toxic and can even

cause cancer

.

Once a person has taken the protective agent, short-term symptoms such as

headache

, dizziness and

nausea

can be expected.

In worse cases, it can even cause twitching and

cramps

up to a

comatose state

.

Ethylene oxide has

been banned in the food

sector in

Germany

since 1981.

Recall of the Italian nibble snack: Consumer advocates criticize manufacturers

Customers who

bought

the

Italian bread sticks

can

return

the product in the same

shops

.

The money will be refunded even without the receipt.

The

product

warning

consumer

portal

rated the

handling of the

recall

and communication of the company

Romina sro

with a yellow thumb.

+

The sesame sticks are an Italian specialty and also very popular as a snack in Germany - but one of the Grissini products contains sesame seeds contaminated with poison.

(Symbol image)

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This means that

customers

are informed, but not sufficiently.

It is not guaranteed that as many end users as possible actually receive the important information.

(Nail Akkoyun)

* hna.de and merkur.de are part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.

List of rubric lists: © Pixabay

Source: merkur

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