Recall: Mold discovered in snack - "negative effects on health"
Created: 03/28/2022, 11:35 am
By: Anna Lorenz
A Hamburg food wholesaler is recalling a product sold worldwide because of mushroom toxins.
There is a health risk.
Hamburg - Anyone who eats consciously likes to use healthy alternatives for snacks - but caution is advised: The Hamburg food wholesaler Fresh Nuts GmbH has now started a recall because of mushroom poison.
A product threatens significant damage to health.
Recall: Fresh Nuts Recalls Snack - Contains Carcinogenic Mold Toxin
As the portal
produktwarnungen.eu reports
, excessive amounts of ochratoxin A (OTA) were found in the snack sold worldwide.
This is a mold toxin that has been under food law observation for years.
It was not until October 2020 that the EU Commission presented a proposal for new regulations.
The reason was a study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) from July 2020, the results of which made it seem necessary to correct the limit values of OTA in the food sector.
No wonder: the poison has a carcinogenic effect in animal experiments
and can also cause nephropathy - i.e. diseases of the kidneys -
cause.
Recall: Mold toxin found in Fresh Nuts snack
Affected are the recall of figs (250 grams) of the Kerem brand with the batch numbers 21002960 / 21003123 / 21003122 and 22000191 originating in Spain.
Fresh Nuts expressly points out that consumption "can be assumed to have a negative impact on health".
The consumption of these figs, which are sold worldwide, is strongly discouraged.
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And indeed, the mold toxin can cause great damage in the body.
While experiments in mice and rats have shown the toxin to have carcinogenic effects, it can also cause nephropathy, which is kidney disease.
The EFSA study concludes that
genotoxic effects, i.e. reversible or irreversible damage to the genome, are likely to be caused by OTA.
Recall of Kerem brand figs: Consumers can do that now
Those affected can also return the product to the point of purchase without presenting the receipt.
Anyone who has already eaten the snack is recommended to consult their family doctor to clarify any harmful effects.
(askl)
