Food Safety recall round-up 24 April - 1 May
Undeclared allergens prompt recall
25 April - Hong Kong: Undeclared allergens have been found in an almond cracker imported from Korea, according to the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
The pre-packaged kind of almond cracker manufactured in Korea has been found to contain an allergen, peanut, but has not been declared on the product's food label.
"HAITAI" EDO pack Almond Cracker from Korea comes in a 133g pack (22.1 grams x 6 packs) with a best before date of December 8, 2014.
"Following up a food complaint, the CFS took samples of the concerned product from a retail shop for testing," said a spokesman for CFS.
"A sample was found to contain peanut but had not been declared on its list of ingredients of the food label. The CFS has contacted the distributor, EDO Trading Company, and alerted the trade to the incident. The distributor indicated that they have initiated a recall of the product concerned."