The Czech authorities found a sharp object in a mackerel fillet of Moroccan origin, which was also shipped to Hungary and Slovakia
According to the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH), it was found during a market inspection that the canned fish contained fragments smaller than 0.5 centimeters, however, the composition and origin of the foreign material is still unknown.
On the initiative of the Czech wholesaler that distributes canned mackerel, the product is withdrawn from circulation. The implementation of the measures is also supervised by the Hungarian authorities.
The details of the objected product are as follows:
- Name: Mackerel fillet in sunflower oil
- Brand: COOP Premium
- Features: Easy-to-open lid Pull-ring can in a paper box
- Net weight: 125g
- Charger weight: 90 g
- Barcode: 8 595139 774318
- Item number: LJB 97 G
- Best before date: 31.01.2020.
- Country of origin: Morocco
- RASFF reference number: 2017.1731
NÉBIH asks that anyone who bought the above canned fish not to consume it in order to avoid possible internal damage.
