(Updated on 2 Jan 2025) Food Allergen Alert: Stop Consuming a Prepackaged Ingredient for Making Pizza Manufactured in Japan
| Issue Date |
2.5.2012 |
| Source of Information |
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) |
| Food Product |
Pizza ingredient |
| Product Name and Description |
Product name: Thin Pizza Mix With Rice Flour - Muji
Manufacturer: Ryohin Keikaku Company Limited
Importer: Muji
Place of origin: Japan
Best before date: November 1, 2012
Packing size: 150 grams
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| Reason For Issuing Alert |
- The prepackaged ingredient for making thin pizza was found containing milk protein, a food allergen, without listing the presence on its food label.
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| Action Taken by the Centre for Food Safety |
- CFS staff have conducted investigations at the concerned shop and other branches of the chain store, and found that the sale of the product has been stopped.
- Warning letters have also been issued to the concerned vendor and the importer. The trade will also be alerted to stop selling the affected product.
- The CFS will continue to monitor the situation and take appropriate follow-up actions.
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| Advice to the Trade |
- Stop using or selling the affected batch(es) of the product(s) without proper food label immediately.
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| Advice to Consumers |
- Those who are allergic to milk protein may develop symptoms like vomiting, diarrhoea and rash, upon consumption. The severe ones may even develop anaphylactic shock.
- Consumers who had bought the particular product and were allergic to milk protein should stop eating it, regardless of any batches.
- People should seek medical treatment if they feel unwell after eating the food.
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| Further Information |
The CFS press release |
Centre for Food Safety
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
2012-5-2