Mold Drug Callback action for popcorn maize from Seeberger

Limit values ​​exceeded: Seeberger recalls popcorn maize for mold toxins

The Seeberger company from Ulm, Baden-Wuerttemberg has a callback for the
Article "Popcorn corn 500g" (not popped) started and asks consumers to stop eating certain batches of the product. The product may contain mold toxins.

Limit values ​​for mold toxins exceeded

The company Seeberger from Ulm (Baden-Württemberg) recalls the article "Popcorn maize 500g" (not popped) and asks the consumers to stop eating the product of certain batches. Reason for the recall: "In individual cases, the limit values ​​for the mold fungi aflatoxins or ochratoxin may be exceeded in the products of these batches. These substances can be harmful if taken chronically, "the company writes in a statement.

The Seeberger company recalls the article "Popcorn maize 500g" (not popped) and asks consumers not to consume the product of certain batches because it could exceed the limits for mold toxins. (Photo: fotofabrika / fotolia.com)

Purchase price will be replaced

Affected by the recall are the batches of the product "Popcorn maize 500g" brand Seeberger with the following lot numbers and best before:

L435136 with BBD 01/2020
L435137 with BBD 02/2020
L437018 with BBD 02/2020
L437019 with BBD 02/2020

The company has already had the affected items removed from the shelves.

"In order to quickly and easily replace the damage, consumers are requested to send a photo of the packaging on which the batch and the MHD are visible, as well as their address by e-mail to [email protected]", it says the website of the company.

"Alternatively, the goods, opened as unopened, can be sent by post to Seeberger." The purchase price will be replaced.

Not acutely harmful to health

As the company Seeberger explains, aflaxtoxins and ochratoxins belong to the group of mycotoxins, ie mold toxins.

"Mycotoxins are naturally occurring metabolic products of many types of mold fungi. The spoilage of food by mold, especially agricultural products, is an absolutely natural process and therefore part of our ecosystem, "the company writes.

The consumption of the product affected by the recall was not acutely harmful to health.

"According to toxicological reports, even for infants aged 2-5 years, even a daily consumption of one serving of popcorn corn poses no health risk," the statement says. (Ad)