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UK/London: Oriental Foods Distributor, a Nottingham, England establishment, recalls all current batch/lots of New Choice Taro Flavour Mini Fruity Gel Confectionery and New Choice Tropical Flavour Mini Fruity Gel Confectionery products from the British marketplace due to reported presence of Konjac Flour and Carrageenan gelling agents and consequential risks of choking, oral injury, internal ingestion, GI tract laceration damage, bowel obstruction and sepsis, all serious health and safety hazards requiring immediate medical intervention to minimize pain and suffering as well as prevent life-altering injury or death.
FSA: https://rb.gy/nk57f
Direct link: https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin-25-2023
Additional information:
The UK Food Standards Agency (“FSA”) reports the following Confectionery products are subject to recall:
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