In brief

• Poland's Chief Sanitary Inspectorate warned against eating one batch of Arla Protein Pudding Vanilla Cookie 200g over possible glass fragments.
• The affected batch is ES26271001, with a minimum durability date of 25 April 2027, and only one batch reached Poland.
• The producer, Arla Foods, has begun withdrawing the product, and consumers are told not to eat it.

The warning and the affected batch

The Chief Sanitary Inspectorate (GIS) said it was alerted through the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) that the manufacturer was recalling protein puddings because of possible glass contamination (Waniliowy deser wycofany ze sprzedaży. "Nie należy spożywać" – kobieta.onet.pl) (Ostrzeżenie publiczne dotyczące żywności: możliwa obecność fragmentów szkła w jednej partii puddingu proteinowego – Główny Inspektorat Sanitarny). Only one batch was delivered to the Polish market.

The product is Arla Protein Pudding Vanilla Cookie 200g, batch number ES26271001, with a minimum durability date of 25 April 2027. It was produced by Arla Foods amba Esbjerg Mejeri in Denmark and distributed in Poland by Arla Foods S.A. based in Tychowo.

Health risk and company response

Inspectors warned that eating a pudding containing glass fragments could damage the mouth (GIS wydał ostrzeżenie, chodzi o puddingi proteinowe. "Możliwe uszkodzenia jamy ustnej" – Interia Wydarzenia). Some reports said more serious health consequences were also possible (Szkło w produkcie z półek sklepowych. GIS publikuje ostrzeżenie – wiadomosci.radiozet.pl).

Arla Foods S.A. began withdrawing the product from sale immediately after receiving the notice and published a statement on its website (W puddingu znaleziono fragmenty szkła! – Epoznan).

What consumers should do

People who have bought this pudding are advised not to eat it. Checking the batch number and date on the packaging is the first step. Sanitary and veterinary inspection bodies are monitoring the withdrawal process.