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UK/London: Refresco Drinks UK Ltd., a Kegworth, Derbyshire establishment, updates its existing recall for certain batch/lots of Asda and Calypso branded Fruit Drink Box products from the British marketplace to include an additional bulk package offering of the Drinks, indicated in bold in the listings below.
The original recall was initiated due to suspected metal contamination in the accompanying Drinking Straws and consequential risks of choking, oral injury, internal ingestion, GI tract laceration damage, bowel obstruction/perforation and/or sepsis, all serious health and safety hazards.
Direct link: https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin-47-2023-update-1
Additional information:
The UK Food Standards Agency (“FSA”) reports the following Fruit Drinks are subject to recall (in alphabetical order):
Filed under: Choking or asphyxiation hazard, Food & Drink, Foreign Materials - Metal, glass, plastic, stone, bone or rubber fragments, Ingestion hazard, Laceration hazard, UK FSA | Tagged: Asda Fruit Drink Boxes, Beverages, Bowel Obstruction hazards, Calypso Fruit Drink Boxes, choking hazard, Food Standards Agency, Fruit, FSA Ref: FSA-PRIN-47-2023-update-1, ingestion hazard, Laceration hazard, Recalls Direct RIN: 17943-2024, Refresco Drinks UK Ltd., sepsis hazard, suspected-metal-fragment-contamination-hazard, UK FSA | Leave a comment »