Aldi has launched a recall for fruit in its range. Attention discounter customers: Do not eat under any circumstances – there is a health risk.
- Aldi * starts Recall* For Mini watermelons
- The product contains a residue Pesticide
- Customers will be refunded the purchase price
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kassel/ Salzgitter: In summer, watermelons are a popular snack in the garden or on the beach. But some watermelons can contain harmful substances.
Aldi north* has one in early June 2020 recall For Mini watermelons started from its range. There could be residues of pesticides in the fruit are located. The supermarket chain reports on its website.
The recall applies to
- Mini watermelon class 1,
- of the supplier Catman North GmbH
- GGN 4052852232968.
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Aldi-Nord starts fruit recall: identification number shows contamination
GGN means GLOBALG.A.P. The 13-digit identification number confirms compliance with the GlobalG.A.P standards for good agricultural practice. According to GGN 4052852232968, only mini watermelons contain Aldi north harmful residues. The same applies to mini watermelons with a different GGN recall Not. This fruit is harmless.
The mini watermelon with the corresponding GGN was not sold in all branches of Aldi-Nord, specifies the supermarket chain. The fruit was sold exclusively in these branches of the companies:
- Greven
- Herten
- Hesel
- Lehrte-Sievershausen
- Lingen
- Radevormwald
- Salzgitter
- Weyhe.
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Aldi-Nord starts fruit recall: customers get the purchase price back
Customers can check which company an Aldi branch belongs to on the Aldi website under “Branches and opening times”.
Aldi-Nord has already taken the affected mini watermelons out of the range as a precaution in the interests of consumer protection. Customers should now check whether they have bought the fruit. On its website, Aldi-Nord warns against consuming the product.
Customers who have such a mini watermelon are asked to return the product to the Aldi store. The purchase price will be sent to the customer at the recall refunded.
Aldi-Nord starts fruit recall: Not all watermelons are contaminated
Aldi-Nord assures that mini watermelons are not contaminated with another GGN and other products from the supplier “Catman North GmbH” and are suitable for consumption. You are not of that recall affected.
Aldi-Nord apparently discovered the contamination of the product even during internal tests of the mini watermelon. The residues come from the plant protection product Oxamyl.
This active ingredient is a colorless chemical compound with a sulphurous smell. The plant protection product proven in the goods Oxamyl is used as an insecticide in some EU countries. The active substance has not been approved in Germany for many years. In Austria and Switzerland, too, no products with this plant protection product are currently approved. Other products from the supplier Catman North GmbH should not be affected, according to Aldi.
By Philipp Zettler
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Recall: Other products affected
Recall of plasters from the company Hansaplast: The company from Hamburg warns. There is a risk of possible contamination with bacteria. Only a few batches of plaster of the meter goods from Hansaplast are affected. “Our own tests during a routine internal quality check showed that a few of our production batches of the 4 Hansaplast meterware products (Classic 1mx6cm & 1mx8cm, Sensitive 1mx6cm, Elastic 1mx6cm) could have been contaminated with staphylococci and enterococci,” said a company spokeswoman to the recall.
Baby spoons are also affected by a current recall: Attention! There is an increased risk of diabetes, developmental disorders and other diseases.
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