Mercury in skimmed milk powder from Ukraine
- Classification
- Information notification for follow-up
- Risk
- Potentially serious
- Category
- milk and milk products
- Hazard
- mercury - {heavy metals}
- Origin
- Ukraine
- Notifier
- Hungary
What is this? Skimmed milk powder from Ukraine has too much mercury, a metal that can be harmful.
What's happening? Some batches of this milk powder were found to have unsafe levels of mercury.
Does this affect me? This affects people in Hungary and Lithuania who bought this milk powder.
What should I do? Stop using the product and ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
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Classification: Information notification for follow-up · Risk: Potentially serious · Category: milk and milk products · Hazard: mercury - {heavy metals} · Origin: Ukraine · Notifier: Hungary
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