Food safety recall round-up 4-10 August 2017
Cyanide in apricot kernels
Austria: EgeSun has recalled organic sweet apricot kernels due to a high content of cyanide.
Cyanide was found in 173.6 mg/kg - ppm in the product from Pakistan via the US.
'Morgenland Süße Aprikosenkerne, Bio, 250g' with article number: 150110001 is affected. See involved batches and dates.
The firm said during an official check an increased content of cyanide was found in two packs but its incoming goods analysis showed the values were within the permitted range.
The notice also concerned Croatia, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, UK and the US.