Withdrawal from the market of organic salted and sweet biscuits from France, containing sesame seeds contaminated with unauthorised substance ethylene oxide
- Classification
- Alert notification
- Risk
- Serious
- Categoria
- nuts, nut products and seeds
- Perigo
- ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues}
- Origin
- France
- Notifier
- Belgium
What is this? Some biscuits from France have sesame seeds with a small amount of a cleaning chemical called ethylene oxide. This chemical should not be in food.
What's happening? These biscuits are being taken off store shelves in several countries. The sesame seeds in them have too much ethylene oxide.
Does this affect me? If you bought these biscuits in Belgium, Canada, France, Hungary, Luxembourg, or Switzerland, you may have them.
What should I do? Do not eat them. Ask your pharmacist or doctor if you feel sick after eating them.
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Classification: Alert notification · Risk: Serious · Category: nuts, nut products and seeds · Hazard: ethylene oxide - {pesticide residues} · Origin: France · Notifier: Belgium
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