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The Danish company House of Denmark A/S has announced that it will withdraw three batches of Moomin fruit bars from sale. In one product lot, ochratoxin A has been measured above the amount considered safe. The recall concerns the product Frugi Moomin apple-blueberry 120 g fruit bar and its dates
The items in question have been on sale in the stores of the Tokmanni chain and the K group. According to the announcement, consumers can return the products to the place of purchase, where the price of the product will be refunded. There is a notice on the matter on Tokmanni’s website.
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The matter is handled at the Food Agency by special expert Mika Varjonen, tel. 050 38 68 416, firstname.surname@ruokavirasto.fi .
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(Photo: Tokmanni)
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