A popular cheese from the discounter could contain foreign objects.
Customers are encouraged to stop consuming the product.
The discounter chain Norma is recalling a grated cheese.
According to the manufacturer, this is due to possible green plastic foreign bodies in the product.
Affected is the "Tasterrom Bavarian Emmentaler grated" with the expiry date 02.04.2021.
The discounter chain Norma * is recalling a grated cheese sold nationwide.
The reason: "It cannot be ruled out that there are green plastic foreign bodies in the package," the manufacturer told Bayernland.
Bayernland does not state how large the foreign bodies can be.
Depending on this, however, a risk of suffocation cannot be ruled out.
Norma: cheese recall from Bayernland - this product is affected:
Specifically, the recalled grated cheese is the product with the name "Leckerrom Bayerischer Emmentaler grated".
The cheese is packaged in 250 gram bags, labeled “45% fat in dry matter”.
According to the discounter, all packaging with the best before date April 2nd, 2021 is part of the recall *.
Customers who still have the product in their household are asked not to consume it anymore.
The manufacturer also states that the affected cheese packs can be returned to any Norma branch.
A receipt is not necessary for this.
Customers will of course get the purchase price refunded.
Grated cheese Norma: Plastic splinters can lead to internal injuries and bleeding
The consumer portal produktwarnung.eu emphasizes the health risk of products with foreign bodies.
"Metallic foreign bodies, broken glass or glass splinters, wood and plastic splinters can lead to serious injuries in the mouth and throat as well as internal injuries or bleeding," writes the portal.
“Consumers who own one of the affected articles should no longer use the affected products and bring them back to the trade.” More and more products - especially from the food sector - are being recalled.
You can read the reasons for this here *.
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