EH Booths recalls various prepared vegetable products due to the presence of small pieces of metal

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What to do

Advice from the FSA notice:

1. If you have bought any of the above products do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.

Why it was recalled

The FSA's risk statement:

The presence of metal makes this product unsafe to eat and presents a safety risk.

The presence of sharp metal makes this product unsafe to eat and presents a safety risk.

Details from the notice

EH Booths recalls Diced Red onion, Butternut Squash and Red Onion Soup Mix, Diced White Onions, Minestrone Soup Mix and Leek and Potato Soup Mix because they may contain small pieces of sharp metal. Please use the information below as the most recent, replacing the earlier version as an additional ‘Use by’ date has been added.

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

What the business is doing

EH Booths is recalling the above products. Point of sale notices have been displayed in all retail stores that are selling these products. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notices.

Where it was sold

• Booths

The FSA lists this alert for: England.

Updates to this recall

1. 21 February 2019 · FSA-PRIN-06-2019
   Original alert: EH Booths recalls various prepared vegetable products due to the presence of small pieces of metal
2. 22 February 2019 · FSA-PRIN-06-2019-update-1
   Update 1: EH Booths recalls various prepared vegetable products due to the presence of small pieces of metal
   • New batch or date details: use by 26 February 2019 and 27 February 2019

How this recall compares

• This was the 7th recall involving Booths in the 12 months to 21 February 2019. All Booths recalls
• Metal has caused 62 UK food recalls since 2018, most often in fruit and vegetables, followed by bread and bakery. All metal recalls

Counts from FSA and FSS alerts since January 2018.

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