Ella’s Kitchen withdraws certain batches and date codes of some of its products due to possible natural microbial spoilage inside the straw of the pouches
Thursday 9 September 2010
Recalled from customers
Ref: 05/2010
Product:
- Ella's Kitchen Stage 1 Carrots, Apples and Parsnips (batch code: CAP)
- Ella's Kitchen Stage 1 Strawberries and Apples (batch code: SA)
- Ella's Kitchen Stage 1 Apples and Bananas (batch code: AB)
- The Yellow One Smoothie Fruit (batch code: YO), recalled as a precautionary measure
Risk:
The company's investigation has shown a small percentage of the above batches to be affected by harmless natural microbial spoilage, present in the straw of the pouch.
Pack size:
Stage 1 products: 120g; Smoothie Fruit: 90g
Affected Letters in Batch Code (on back of pack):
CAP, SA, AB and YO.
'Best before' dates:
April 2011, May 2011, June 2011 and July 2011.
Action taken by the company:
The company has withdrawn the affected product from retail stores. Consumers have been made aware of this precautionary action via the company website (see link below), Facebook, Twitter and an e-newsletter to the company's consumer database.
The company has detailed instructions informing consumers to contact Ella's Kitchen Customer Care on 0845 2625221 for a full refund.
No other Ella’s Kitchen products are affected.
Advice to consumers:
For refund information please refer to the company's recall notice at the link below.
