A scraper could have contaminated the gingerbread.
They are therefore called back shortly before Christmas.
Gingerbread from the popular drugstore is currently affected by a recall.
There could be plastic parts in the dough.
If the purchase has already been made, the product should not be consumed and returned.
Munich - 86,360 tons.
According to the Federal Statistical Office,
this is how many
gingerbread cookies
were produced in Germany last year.
Almost
4,000 tons more than last year
.
This year too, gingerbread will be diligently produced.
But also consumed, after all, this is an essential part for many in the midst of stressful Christmas preparations.
Consumers should now be
careful
- their gingerbread could contain
plastic parts
.
Recall dm-Lebkuchen: Plastic parts in the dough
A lot can
go wrong
when baking cookies and gingerbread at home
.
The dough sticks to the molds or spreads all over the house.
Sometimes it burns too.
In the
industrial production
, these are
problems
tend not before.
But others do.
For example, the
contamination of the dough with plastic parts
.
More precisely with plastic parts of a dough scraper.
This is
what
happened with the vegan Elisen gingerbread from the
dm drugstore
with the best before date 04.04.21, which has now been officially recalled by dm.
Item description: "dmBio Vegane Elisen Lebkuchen, 275 g"
Best before: 04.04.21
Lot numbers: L775 or L7758
According to the drugstore's press release, the lot numbers are easy to read on the locking clip; the above-mentioned product can be returned in the dm stores.
Facebook: dm apologizes to customers for calling back
On
, dm
apologizes
to its customers and admits that “something didn't go so well”.
Under
no circumstances
should the gingerbread be
consumed
.
The food industry has to
comply with a wide variety of regulations
to
protect consumers
.
In this case, it has
not been reliably proven
that there are plastic parts in the dm gingerbread cookies, but dm cannot rule this out.
For "reasons of preventive consumer protection", according to the drugstore's press release, the
vegan Elisen gingerbread is
now being
recalled
.
There is usually no risk of poisoning, but swallowed plastic parts can
injure
the
digestive tract, damage the mouth and throat and lead to internal bleeding
.
(live)
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