Several German companies are recalling certain dairy products because of possible pathogens. The Weihenstephan dairy is among those affected. The company announced on Thursday in Freising that the product “Weihenstephan Fresh Milk 1.5% Fat” in the one-liter and half-liter packs was affected. The liter packs are products with a best before date of October 6th and 8th, while the 0.5 liter packs have a best before date of October 7th.
According to the dairy, the milk can cause infections. In vulnerable groups such as infants, small children, pregnant women, seniors and people with weakened immune systems, the illnesses could potentially become serious.
Buyers should bring the milk cartons back to the stores, where they will be exchanged even without a receipt. Weihenstephan cites a technical problem as the cause of the milk contamination. This has now been resolved.
Product recall: Sachsenmilch warns against fresh milk
Also the Saxony milk Leppersdorf GmbH recalled fresh milk with 1.5 percent fat in one-liter packaging due to a possible risk of infection. The company announced on Thursday that its own investigations had identified microbiological deviations that could trigger infections. The cause was a technical problem that has now been resolved. Only fresh milk with a best-before date of October 8th is affected.
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The milk should also not be consumed; it was immediately withdrawn from sale after the abnormalities. The buyer can exchange the affected goods in the respective store without a receipt or have them refunded with money. All other varieties, products and best-before dates of the Sachsenmilch brand are not affected by the recall.
Dairy factories are recalling quark because of metallic foreign bodies
Now Ravensburg Milchwerke GmbH is also recalling various quark products due to a possible danger from metallic foreign bodies. The company is acting according to the preventive principle and has decided to recall all potentially affected batches, according to information on the portal grocerieswarning.de from Thursday. The products have been in circulation throughout Germany and Europe through various retail chains since mid-August. In this case too, sales of the affected products were stopped immediately.
The products affected are “Queso/Queijo fresco Quark”, “Minus L Quark-Quetten-Z. 0.3% VLOG” (250g), “Minus L Quark quark zub 40%” (250g), “OMIRA Bodensee low-fat quark” (250 and 500g), “OMIRA Bodensee speisequark” (250g, 20% and 40%) , “Rewe free from quark preparation” (250g), “Kfree lactose-free low-fat quark 200g DE/CZ”, “Kfree lactose-free low-fat curd 200g DE/SK”, “Kfree lactose-free creamq. 200g DE/HR”, “Kfree lactose-free creamq. CZ/SK”
According to the information, products with different expiry dates between September 28th and October 9th are affected.