Baked beans sold at major supermarkets are being urgently recalled over fears they might contain small rubber balls.
Own-brand products at Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco are affected, as is one type of Branston’s.
Food safety chiefs have urged Brits who have bought the tins to not eat them.
It is feared the balls, thought to be around 2.5cm in diameter, could pose a choking hazard.
Baked beans sold at major supermarkets are being urgently recalled over fears they might contain small rubber balls. Own-brand products at Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco are affected, as is one type of Branston’s
Six canned bean products, all made by the Princes Group manufacturer, have been recalled.
Two types are baked beans in tomato sauce, while another two are baked bean and sausage combinations.
The others are tins of mixed bean salads.
All have best before dates of between November 2025 and October 2027. The recall only relates to specific batch codes and isn’t blanket.
No other products are known to be affected.
Six canned bean products, all made by the Princes Group manufacturer, have been recalled in total. Two were sold at Asda
All have best before dates of between November 2025 and October 2027. The recall only relates to specific batch codes and isn’t blanket. Two of the six products were sold at Tesco
The Food Standards Agency, which circulated the alert, said: ‘If you have bought the above products, do not eat them.
‘Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund.
‘If you would like any further information, please contact the relevant brands customer service lines listed on the recall notices.’
The rubber balls are used as part of the manufacturing process of beans.
It comes after Tesco earlier this week recalled a batch of its own-brand Christmas stuffing mix due to a ‘possible presence of moths’.
The contamination of the 130g packs of Tesco Finest Apple & Cranberry Stuffing Mix made them ‘unfit for human consumption’, the retailer warned.
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