Sachets of rice cakes sold at Carrefour are subject to a recall procedure due to the presence of toxins.
A product not to be consumed. the site government official on consumer recalls published on October 19 a sheet for a product sold throughout France by Carrefour supermarkets. These are sachets of wholemeal rice cakes of the Carrefour BIO brand. These rice cakes are added to the list of product recalls.
Sold between June 13 and October 18, the products concerned are those bearing the identification numbers GTIN 3245411253844, part of lot H22151J and whose consumption date extends until June 1, 2023, and GTIN 3245411253844, from lot H22152J consumables until June 2. Sachets subject to a recall procedure should not be consumed and must be returned to the point of sale for a refund. Rice cakes are suspected of containing aflatoxins, which are toxins produced by molds, considered one of the most powerful “natural genotoxic carcinogens” whose target organ is the liver, reports thehandles.
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Aflatoxins are produced in the fields or during storage. They develop more in areas with a subtropical or Mediterranean climate, but can also appear in temperate areas during very hot and dry seasons. It is possible to find it in many foods such as nuts, peanuts, corn, rice or crude vegetable oils, list l‘EFSA. “Aflatoxins are known to be genotoxic and carcinogenic, therefore consumer exposure to these toxins through food should be kept as low as possible”, recalls the European Authority. It is for this reason that the European rules in force allow maximum aflatoxin content in products intended for human consumption.