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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.

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