51 Metal Contaminated Food Products Recalls

Metal within food

In August 2023, the UK’s Food Standards Agency reported the recalling of 51 separate food products due to concerns about metal contamination.  The food product recalls affected some of the UK’s largest supermarkets, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Aldi. In each case, the Food Standards Agency’s risk statements reports that ‘these products may contain pieces…

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Metal In Food Alerts 2022

Metal in Digestive Biscuits

In 2022, the UK Food Standards Agency issued ten (10) alerts regarding metal-contaminated food products that had reached the public.  This was up from five (5) in 2021.  The metal-contaminated food products were supplied by companies at various stages in the food supply chain, including leading UK supermarkets such as Tesco and Co-Op, as well…

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Metal Contaminated Dairy Products

Metal contaminated Dairy Products

The UK Food Standards Agency has reported that Yoplait UK has recalled Yoplait Frubes Strawberry, Red Berry and Peach Variety Pack because the product may contain small pieces of metal (January 2022).  Small metal pieces have been found in the peach flavour within the multipack, which makes this product unsafe to eat. Food Standards Agency…

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Getting Metal Out of Grain and Cereals

Metal detector process sheet

By the time grain and cereals have been collected and delivered to a Milling Plant, it is highly likely that there is metal contamination present.  Removing that metal to prevent damage to processing equipment and produce the highest quality end-product is essential and achieved with a series of different designs of Magnetic Separators and Metal…

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Getting Metal Out of Spices

Getting metal out of spices

Most households have a collection of spices in one of their kitchen cupboards.  Adding spices to food when cooking is not only a common practice, but essential for most culinary enthusiasts. But how are the spices processed and prepared? Spices are commonly grown in the tropical regions of the world, with some thriving in the…

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Getting Metal Out of Pet Food

Getting Metal Out of Pet Food

Ensuring Pet Food is metal free before it reaches the consumer is critical. However, reports of foods being recalled due to metal contamination occur several times each year.  To assist processors and producers, Bunting has developed a series of typical plant flowsheets showing proposed locations for Magnetic Separators and Metal Detectors including a typical Pet Food Processing Plant.…

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