Through its website, Mercadona has issued a statement in which it asks to return some very specific cookies from its Landowner portfolio to the risk of including undeclared allergensin this case it is the presence of traces of hazelnut.
The omission, not included in the labeling, only affects a single batch of Hacendado Relief Cookies, belonging to the series L012256 031000P and with a best before date of 06/2023. In the statement, both the Valencian company and the supplier, the company Cerealto Siro Foods SL, apologize for the situation.
For more precision in detail, the AESAN has also echoed this information, which has been transferred to the competent authorities of the autonomous communities through the Coordinated System for Rapid Information Exchange (SCIRI), in order to check the recall of affected products of marketing channels.
In any case, there is talk of a possibility of traces, but even so, the AESAN maintains that “as a precautionary measure, it is recommended to people allergic to hazelnuts, who could have the aforementioned product in their homes that they refrain from consuming it“.
The specific data of the affected product are:
- Name on label: Biscuits Relief Hacendado.
- Commercial brand: Farmer.,
- Lot Number: L012256 031000P
- Container type: 645 gram pack.
- Date of Expiry: 06/2023.
- Unit Weight: 645g.
- Storage temperature: ambient.
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Meanwhile, the product that it had only been distributed in 70 stores, is already withdrawn from the market, also explaining in its press release that it does not carry any risk for the rest of the population. However, Mercadona will allow the return of the aforementioned product as long as it corresponds to the lot and the price paid will be refunded.
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