Supermarkets are in turmoil again! We’ve had a significant number of product recalls in the past few weeks. There’s one more to add to the list! This is a very popular sauce… Objeko’s editors tell you all about it in this article.
Product recalls: food stores in turmoil
The stores are not doing well to feed French lately! Product recalls are incredibly common. Which sowed great doubts about the reliability of the food industry. Objeko also returns to this point at the bottom of the page.
French supermarket chains are all the more in the crosshairs of consumers as the latest products questioned by a recall are among children’s favorites. We naturally think of Kinder chocolates contaminated with listeriosis, or Buitoni pizzas contaminated with E.coli bacteria. These two products have infected many children, some of whom have been hospitalized in serious condition.
Objeko recently reported to you the case of little Léna, 12, infected by a Buitoni pizza and who is today in a vegetative state. Let’s not forget the many batches of raw milk cheeses that are constantly being recalled by supermarkets. Worse yet, Intermarché stores were in turmoil with a massive recall of sugar cubes with… glass! introduce a little about the damage it can cause. There is something to be afraid of…
Stores are recalling this contaminated soy sauce
And it’s a new food product being added to the in-store recall list. This is Silver Swan soy sauce, packaged in one liter bottles. According to the government website rappel.conso.gouv.fr. The lots in question were put on the market between January 17 and March 1, 2022 (GTIN 79809001624 Lot 2022017483).
Silver Swan soy sauce is mainly sold in stores specializing in Asian products. It is also usually appreciated by food professionals such as sushi restaurants. 
This Offensive Sauce Is Contaminated With substance chemical 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD). This, which occurs naturally during the refining of products such as soy or certain oils, is hazardous to kidney health and fertility. This substance is all the more dangerous in children and infants. If you purchased this batch of Silver Swan Soy Sauce, return it to the store ASAP for a refund, or throw it in the trash right away! Don’t eat it! If in doubt, if you think you have consumed this soy sauce, do not hesitate to contact your doctor for more information about what to do.
Product recall: whose fault is it?
There are few things that damage a supermarket brand’s reputation as much as product recalls. It is indeed a breach of the trust a consumer has in the brand. Especially since the latter base all their communication on the quality of their products and their obligations to producers. So you can imagine that a massive recall will cast doubt on its statements!
The reasons are often the same. Usually it’s a simple labeling problem: ingredient allergen absent on the ingredients list, bad indication of the best before date…
More seriously, some product recalls are the result of contamination during production: presence of glass, metal or plastic in the product, or contamination with microbes or viruses. In this second case, the consequences can be very serious for the health of a large number of consumers! Supermarket brands and manufacturers do everything they can to get the message across clearly and to as many people as possible. The Rappel Conso platform is also intended to facilitate the sharing of information on a national scale.
There are times when product recalls increase: national holidays. Periods hinges like the end of the year celebrations are overflowing with all kinds of memories. And the fault is not directly attributable to the supermarkets, but rather to the producers. Indeed, it is at the level of the factories, or even the farms, that the problems arise. Caution is advised with the celebrations of Easter and Ramadan…
