Flour is currently under recall.
Excessive levels of tropane alkaloids were found in some batches.
Rosche - Flour is an important ingredient in pasta and baked goods.
One variety is now subject to a recall.
The company Bauck GmbH from the district of Uelzen is ordering back batches of teff flour because of the health risk from tropane alkaloids.
Teff, also known as dwarf millet, is the world's smallest cereal grain.
It is considered a gluten-free and nutrient-rich grain alternative.
Teff flour is comparatively expensive.
Recall of teff flour: product was sold in eleven federal states
The recall affects two batches of the organic item "Bauckhof Teff Flour": batch 229489 with the best before date (BBD) November 22nd, 2023 and batch 230767 with the BBD January 9th, 2024.
The company from Rosche asks customers not to consume the affected 400-gram packs "any longer and to return them to retailers".
Meanwhile, Kaufland also had to recall a popular popcorn brand because of tropane alkaloids.
More information is available in the following video:
The flour can be returned where it was purchased.
The purchase price will be refunded.
According to the
foodwarning.de
portal, packs were sold in eleven federal states in Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Bremen, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia.
Teff flour recalled: nausea, drowsiness, and headaches may occur
The reason for the recall and the warning is an excessive level of tropane alkaloids such as atropine and scopolamine.
Tropane alkaloids are natural components of certain plants such as henbane, thorn apple and deadly nightshade, which are also collected during harvest and can thus get into food.
They can lead to temporary health problems such as nausea, drowsiness and headaches.
Atropine and scopolamine are also used in medicine.
Too high a dosage of atropine has a toxic effect.
There are repeated recalls of the finely ground grain.
Last year, a producer in Bavaria had to recall flour because it posed a risk to infants.
E. coli bacteria were found in flour from a manufacturer in Saxony.
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