Dozens of products of all kinds are recalled every week in France. To find your way around, we give you a summary of the product recalls for the week of April 10 to 14, 2023.
When you go shopping, you have probably already noticed the small posters near the checkouts, indicating the recall of an everyday product. These recalls concern dozens of products each week, and it is sometimes difficult to navigate. Already, the reasons for these recalls can be multiple. Consumables are often the first to be affected, due to the presence of bacteria that are dangerous to human health, for example. Among the most common are salmonella, or E.Coli, which cause significant food poisoning. Utility objects or children’s toys are also occasionally recalled by manufacturers if they may present a risk. Electronic products, for example, are often singled out for fire risks.
If there is no need to worry unduly while shopping, it may be important to regularly monitor product recalls in order to limit the risks. To do this you can look at the posters in store, but also go to the website dedicated to opening the government in 2021, rappel.conso.gouv.fr. On this site you can find the product sheets of all day-to-day recalls. Since its creation, the platform has recorded more than 8000 alerts. Among the mass, it is sometimes complicated to find the products that can more easily concern us. To help you, here is the list of the most important product recalls of the week.
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The list of products recalled the week of April 10 to 14, 2023
For once, many products have been recalled this week. We give you a summary of the most important:
- A child’s toy of the Rubbabu brand, sold throughout France in childcare stores. This is an educational shaped bus, recalled following a risk of poisoning.
- Green beans of the Auchan private label. They could contain pieces of glass
- Gnocchi sold at METRO in particular for professionals and on which Bacillus cereus.
- Herbal teas and dyes containing butterfly pea flower, a prohibited ingredient in food preparations.
- Tuna steaks sold in all LIDL stores and which would contain the bacterium responsible for listeria.
In the vast majority of cases, if you have purchased any of these offending products, you can return them to the store where you found them. If your purchase is indeed part of the batches concerned, you will be able to obtain a refund. If you have already consumed these products and you begin to experience symptoms, do not hesitate to contact your doctor.