Warning on crisps containing rubber pieces

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) today (February 2) appealed to retailers to stop selling certain batches of crisps, all manufactured by the Walkers Snack Foods Ltd, due to possible contamination with yellow rubber pieces. Consumers are also advised not to eat them.

According to the authorities of the United Kingdom, the company concerned is recalling a number of different flavours and pack formats of Walkers Crisps and Walkers Max with best before dates of March 15, 2008 and March 22, 2008.

The affected products are as follows:

* Walkers Max 50g packs - Cheese & Onion, Paprika

* Walkers Crisps standards 34.5g single packs - Ready Salted, Cheese & Onion, Salt & Vinegar, Smoky Bacon, Worcester Sauce, Steak & Onion, Marmite

* Walkers Crisps 50g 'Big Bag' single packs - Ready Salted, Cheese & Onion, Steak & Onion

* Walkers Crisps 175g pack - Ready Salted

* Walkers Crisps Barbeque 6-pack supplied in Half Opti cases to retailers (18 multi-packs per case)

* Walkers Crisps Salt & Vinegar 6-pack, Variety 6-pack, Ready Salted 6-pack, Cheese & Onion 6-pack, Prawn Cocktail 6-pack, Smoky Bacon 6-pack supplied in Full Opti cases to retailers (36 multi-packs per case)

* Walkers Crisps Cheese & Onion & Ready Salted 6-pack TRDU* [1 SKU]

* Walkers Crisps Cheese & Onion 14-pack, Ready Salted 14-pack, Variety 14-pack

* Walkers Crisps Variety 24-pack supplied to retailers in TRDU

* Walkers Crisps Cheese & Onion 26-pack, Variety 26-pack

* Walkers Crisps Variety 26-pack supplied to retailers in TRDUs

TRDU = Transport Ready Display Unit

"The CFS will contact the UK authorities for further information. We have alerted the trade and are closely monitoring the situation," a CFS spokesman said.
Ends/Saturday, February 2, 2008