OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 08/04/12 -- Product photos: http://bit.ly/NfPH29
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and TWI Foods Inc. are warning people with allergies to milk not to consume the Crispy Just Baked, Crispy, and Sunrize Oven Fresh brands of Cookies described below. The affected products contain milk which is not declared on certain labels.
All codes of the following Cookies which do not clearly declare milk on the labels are affected by this alert.
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Brand Product Size UPC
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Crispy Just Baked Punjabi Cookies 380 g 6 27265 00153 7
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Crispy Just Baked Punjabi Cookies 800 g 6 27265 00152 0
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Crispy Just Baked Punjabi Cookies 1.135 kg 6 27265 00151 3
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Crispy Just Baked Almond Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00120 9
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Crispy Just Baked Coconut Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00121 6
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Crispy Just Baked Pistachio Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00601 3
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Crispy Just Baked Salted Khari
Biscuits 200 g 6 27265 00247 3
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Crispy Butterfly Cookies
Baqar Khani 340 g 6 27265 00132 2
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Crispy Just Baked Cashew Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00602 0
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Crispy Just Baked Cashew Cookies 800 g 6 27265 00262 6
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Crispy Just Baked Cashew Cookies 1.135 kg 6 27265 00272 5
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Crispy Just Baked Zeera/Cumin Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00116 2
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Crispy Just Baked Zeera/Cumin Cookies 800 g 6 27265 00216 9
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Crispy Just Baked Zeera/Cumin Cookies 1.135 kg 6 27265 00274 9
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Sunrize Oven Fresh Zeera Cookies 400 g 6 27265 00865 9
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These products have been distributed nationally.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.
Consumption of these products may cause a serious or life-threatening reaction in persons with allergies to milk.
The manufacturer, TWI Foods Inc., Mississauga, ON is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
For more information, consumers and industry can call the CFIA at 1 800 442-2342 / TTY 1 800 465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).
For information on milk, one of the nine most common food allergens, visit the Food Allergens web page at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/allerg/allerge.shtml.
For information on all food recalls, visit the CFIA's Food Recall Report at: http://active.inspection.gc.ca/eng/corp/recarapp_dbe.asp.
To find out more about receiving recalls by e-mail, and other food safety facts, visit: www.foodsafety.gc.ca. Food and consumer product recalls are also available at http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca.
Contacts:
Media enquiries:
CFIA Media Relations
613-773-6600
