The Comesa Competition Commission (CCC) has warned consumers against eating some chicken and vegetable flavoured instant noodles commonly referred to as Indomie that were recalled from the Egyptian market on Tuesday.
The recalls followed tests by the Food and Safety Authority (FSA) of Egypt which found that Indomie’s chilli, chicken and vegetable flavour packets contained aflatoxins and pesticide residues in quantities that exceeded safe limits.
Following the findings, some 733,340 cartons of different Indomie flavours have been withdrawn from the Egyptian market by the supplier.
The FSA stated that other than those three products, Indomie noodles were found to be generally safe for human consumption.
The Comesa watchdog warned consumers in markets within the bloc, including Kenya to watch out for the affected products.
Kinder Joy chocolates
“The Commission through its market observatory has established that some of the recalled Indomie products are imported and marketed in other member states of the common market. The commission would like to therefore alert the general public of the risks in consuming above Indomie instant noodles as established by the FSA and to exercise caution in the consumption of the same,” the CCC said.
The product warning comes barely three weeks after the watchdog warned consumers against eating some Kinder Joy chocolates recalled by the Italian candy maker Ferrero from the European and United States markets.
The manufacturer of Kinder Joy voluntarily recalled some of its products over increasing concerns that they might contain salmonella bacteria.
The products recalled by the Italian-based firm included Kinder Happy Moments Milk Chocolate, Kinder Mix Chocolate Treats Basket, and Crispy Wafers Assortment. There have been no reported cases of salmonella infections in Comesa markets including Kenya.
The affected products were manufactured at the company’s plant in Belgium where the bacteria were first detected.
The Kenya Bureau of Standards later gave a clean bill of health on the Kinder Joy products on sale in the local market.
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