Health Interlink Ltd withdraws Garden of Life Organic whole Food Fiber bars due to incorrect labelling
Friday 22 June 2007
Allergen: Milk (casein)
Ref: M/2007
Product
Garden of Life Organic Superseed Bar Apple and Cinnamon
Garden of Life Organic Perfect Food Bar Red Raspberry
Risk
The above products are labelled as “dairy free”, but have been found to contain casein, a protein constituent of milk, which is not declared on the label. This makes the product unsafe for people with a milk allergy or intolerance.
Product Identification
Garden of Life Organic Superseed Bar Apple and Cinnamon Batch Number:
3UA6273 EXP OCTOBER 2007
Garden of Life Organic Perfect Food Bar Red Raspberry Batch Number:
3UA6166 EXP JUNE 2007
Investigations regarding other possible suppliers are ongoing and further information will be issued in due course.
Action taken by the Company
Health Interlink Ltd has undertaken a product withdrawal of the affected batches. This product is only available from Health Interlink Ltd either from its website or by telephone order. Health Interlink Ltd has put a notice on its website to advise on-line customers of this withdrawal and is also contacting individually all known recent purchasers of these bars. In addition, Health Interlink Ltd in contact with the Anaphylaxis Campaign, Allergy UK and Alert4Allergy, who will inform their at-risk allergic members of the withdrawal via a mail shot or text message.
No other products in this range are known to be affected.
Advice to consumers
Customers with a milk allergy or intolerance are advised not to eat this product.