The Center for Food Safety recently stated that two Häagen-Dazs ice creams may be contaminated with ethylene oxide, a pesticide banned in the European Union, calling on the industry to stop selling them and the public to stop eating them.
Häagen-Dazs Hong Kong importer announced today (6th) that the European Commission Food and Feed Rapid Alert System has notified that another batch has also been imported into Hong Kong. However, Häagen-Dazs Hong Kong has been sealed and the affected products are not on the market. circulation.
The related products include barrel-packed Caramel Chocolate Cake Ice Cream, Family Pack Belgian Chocolate Strawberry Ice Cream, Family Pack Red Mulberry Ice Cream and Brown Sugar Milk Tea Pineapple Ice Cream in six flavors.
Häagen-Dazs had earlier batches of two ice creams suspected of being contaminated with ethylene oxide, a pesticide banned in the EU, including Belgian chocolate.
(File photo/Photo by Zheng Qiyuan)
The Center for Food Safety said recently that two more Häagen-Dazs ice creams may be contaminated with ethylene oxide, a pesticide banned in the European Union, including Belgian chocolate ice cream and cookie crunch ice cream.
Häagen-Dazs voluntarily announced today more batches that had been imported into Hong Kong or were contaminated with ethylene oxide, involving six flavors, including the following batches:
1. Flavor: Nipple Caramel Chocolate Cake Ice Cream
Category: Barrel (9.46L)
Best Before Date: May 29, 2023
2. Flavor: Belgian Chocolate Strawberry Ice Cream
Category: Family Size (420ml)
Best Before Date: June 15, 2023
3. Flavor: Nipple Red Mulberry Ice Cream
Category: Family Size (420ml)
Best Before Date: May 26, 2023
Category: Ice Cream Batch (95ml)
Best Before Date: May 22, 2023
4. Flavor: Brown Sugar Milk Tea Crappy Ice Cream
Category: Family Size (420ml)
Best Before Date: June 1, 2023
Category: Mini Cup ( 95ml) Best
Before Date: June 16, 2023
Category: Ice Cream Batches (80ml)
Best Before Date: June 4, 2023
5. Flavor: Nip Mango Passion Fruit Ice Cream
Category: Mini Cups (95ml)
Best Before Date: May 27, 2023, June 20, 2023
6. Flavor: Nutty Caramel Almond Crust
Category: Ice Cream Batch (80ml)
Best Before Date: May 6, 30, 31, 2023 & June 1, 4, 26, 2023 day
Belgian Chocolate Strawberry Ice Cream.
(Häagen-Dazs web page image)
Häagen-Dazs said that food quality and safety are the top priorities for the brand, stressing that no ethylene oxide is used in its products, and would like to apologize for causing doubts to customers about this incident.
The Center for Food Safety said earlier that ethylene oxide has been banned by the European Union.
According to the data, the International Center for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization has classified ethylene oxide as a first-class carcinogen, and long-term exposure can cause blood cancer, lymphoma cancer and breast cancer.
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