Birds Eye recalls Birds Eye Original 4 Beef Quarter Pounders with Onion because they may contain small pieces of plastic

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What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. If you have purchased the above product do not eat it, instead please return it to your nearest store where you will be given a full refund. For further information, please contact Birds Eye UK at www.birdseye.co.uk/contact-us or on 0800 088 5573 (Freephone).

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

This product may contain small pieces of plastic which makes it unsafe to eat

Details from the notice

Birds Eye is taking the precautionary action of recalling Birds Eye Original 4 Beef Quarter Pounders with Onion because they may contain small pieces of plastic, which makes them unsafe to eat. The affected batch was only sold at Asda stores in the South West England and South Wales.

A Product Recall Information Notice tells the public about food that is unsafe and is being removed from sale.

What the business is doing

Birds Eye is recalling the above product from customers. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that sold this batch. These notices explain to customers why the product is being recalled and tells them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notice.

Where it was sold

• Asda

The FSA lists this alert for: England, Wales.

How this recall compares

• This is the 3rd recall or allergy alert naming Birds Eye since 2018 (5 in total). All Birds Eye recalls
• This was the 7th recall involving Asda in the 12 months to 20 December 2022. All Asda recalls
• Plastic has caused 72 UK food recalls since 2018, most often in meat and poultry, followed by bread and bakery. All plastic recalls

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.

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