Food Safety recall round-up 17-23 October
Aluminium phosphide concerns for dried beans
22 October - Ireland: Jumbo UK is recalling all batches of Nigeria Taste Brown Beans, due to the possible risk of contamination with aluminium phosphide
The dried beans were transported with envelopes of aluminium phosphide, which is used as a fumigant, and can be highly toxic if it is consumed.
So far no beans have been found to be directly contaminated with aluminium phosphide.
The beans were also distributed to Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, UK and USA.
The RASFF portal lists the origin of the product as unknown.