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¡@¡@The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (December 5) advised people not to eat certain batches of crisps from Walkers Snack Foods Ltd as they might contain yellow rubber pieces.
¡@¡@The affected products are ¡§Walkers Crisps¡¨ with a best before date of ¡§17 January 2009¡¨ and code of ¡§GBL ***306¡¨ (the asterisks can be any numbers). Pack formats potentially affected are as follows:
¡@¡@Walkers Crisps Standard 34.5g (Flavour: Cheese and Onion, Ready Salted, Salt and Vinegar)
¡@¡@Walkers Crisps Big Eat 50g (Flavour: Cheese and Onion)
¡@¡@Walkers Crisps 150g (Flavour: Ready Salted, Salt and Vinegar)
¡@¡@Walkers Crisps 14-pack (Flavour: Cheese and Onion, Variety)
¡@¡@Walkers Crisps 28-pack (Flavour: Cheese and Onion, Variety)
¡@¡@Walkers Crisps 24-pack (Flavour: Variety)
¡@¡@According to the UK authorities, the company concerned is recalling the affected products.
¡@¡@"Retailers should also stop selling these particular products," a CFS spokesman said.
¡@¡@"The CFS has contacted the UK authorities for further information. We have informed the trade of the incident and are closely monitoring the situation."
Ends/Friday, December 5, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:10
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