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Product: “toasted watermelon seeds” – grilled watermelon seeds (200g) from the NIK brand.
Problem: too high aflatoxin content.
The AFSCA is today recalling consumers of the product “toasted watermelon seeds” – roasted watermelon seeds (200g) of the NIK brand.
This recall follows a notification via the RASFF system (European Food and Feed Rapid Alert System) due to a too high aflatoxin content.
It was therefore decided to withdraw this product from sale and to recall it to consumers.
The AFSCA asks not to consume this product and to bring it back to the point of sale where it was purchased.
Product description: Product
name: “toasted watermelon seeds”
roasted watermelon seeds
Brand: NIK
Expiration date (DDM): 11/02/2023
Weight: 200g
This product was sold through the following outlets:
Afghania, 8400 Ostende, Torhoutsesteenweg 241
Exoticworld, 3000 Louvain, Brusselsestraat 139
Persianshop, 1090 Bruxelles, Avenue de Jette 358
For any further information , you can contact the AFSCA contact point for consumers: 0800 / 13.550 or pointdecontact@afsca.be .
The sesame seed products Alburj Tahina, and Alburj Halwa and Sedi Hisham Tahina come from Syria and have been imported to Sweden by several companies in the country that are now withdrawing these products.
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