Not to consume a kind of goat cheese imported from France suspected to be contaminated with metallic foreign bodies

Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Commission

Goat cheese

Product name: CASINO STE MAURE GOAT LOG 200G

Brand: CASINO

Place of origin: France

Net weight: 200 grams

Use by date: Any date between September 25, 2022 to October 10, 2022

Importer: PNS FRESH INTERNATIONAL

Distributor: PARKnSHOP (HK) Limited

• The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) received a notification from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Commission that the above-mentioned batches of product might have been contaminated with metallic foreign bodies.
• Upon learning of the incident, the CFS immediately contacted local importer for follow-up. A preliminary investigation found that the above-mentioned importer had imported into Hong Kong the affected batches of the product concerned.

• The importer/distributor concerned has stopped sales, removed from shelves the affected product and has initiated a recall according to the CFS's instructions.
• The CFS will alert the trade to the incident, continue to follow up and take appropriate action. An investigation is ongoing.

Stop using or selling the affected batches of the product immediately if they possess them.

Not to consume the affected batches of the product if they have bought it.

The CFS press release

Members of the public may call the hotline of the importer/distributor at 2690 0948 during office hours for enquiries.

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