The Belgian Food Safety Authority announced on Tuesday (August 9) an extension of the order calling for a brand of ice cream. Haagen-Dazs Added 7 more after finding a potential carcinogen that can cause lymphoma and leukemia.
The order is in addition to the original announcement issued on Friday (August 5) to recall 10 Haagen-Dazs products.
The recalled products are large and small ice cream cups. with expiration date between Mar.-Apr. 2023, Vanilla, Belgian Chocolate, Macadamia Nut and Pralines and Cream
Spain and France have previously recalled several Haagen-Dazs products.
In July, France found a substance. 2-chloroethanol In some products of this ice cream brand which such substances are compounds found in ethylene oxide which is a carcinogen that is used in disinfectants cleaning products and has the effect of destroying DNA
General Mills, the company that produces the brand of ice cream. announced last week that Ethylene oxide is found in vanilla extract from a manufacturer that supplies the company.
Besides Europe Brazilian health authorities have also detected a carcinogen in vanilla-flavored Haagen-Dazs products. imported from France in July.
Tags: Belgium orders HaagenDazs recall ice cream finding carcinogen
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