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In accordance with the Food Safety Act and Regulation (EC) No. 178 of 2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health wishes to inform the public that from information received first by the trader and also through the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, said product must not be consumed in view of the possible contamination with a pesticide (Ethlene oxide) in sesame seeds within the same product.
In the past weeks, it was found that the chemical ethylene oxide might have been used to control certain organisms in sesame seeds exported from India. Such use of ethylene oxide is not approved.
| Product description: | Muesli Bar Hazelnut; Nocciola senza zuccheri aggiunti |
| Brand: | Crownfield |
| Weight: | 200g (8 x 25g) |
| Durability dates: | | 10/11/2020 - 24/11/2020 - 08/12/2020 - 20/12/2020 - 03/02/2021 - 17/02/2021 - 31/03/2021 -04/05/2021 - 05/07/2021 - 09/08/2021 - 30/08/2021 - 15/09/2021 - 18/10/2021 - 30/10/2021 |
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For further information, the public is kindly requested to contact the Health Inspectorate Services between 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on telephone number 21337333 or by email [email protected]. The public is also being invited to access the Directorate's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Environmental-Health-Directorate-Malta/145027878928626?ref=hl or our official website at for similar information. https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/environmental/Pages/Home-Page.aspx
