Do not consume a batch of bottled apple juice drink with patulin concentration exceeding legal limit
Product: 100% PURE NZ APPLE JUICE, Apple juice drink, Do not consume a batch of bottled apple juice drink with patulin concentration exceeding legal limit
Brand/company: Homegrown, The Dairy Farm Company
- Product family
- Food & Grocery
- Product type
- Beverage
- Issue
- Chemical contamination
- Audience
- General consumers
Reason: The CFS collected the above-mentioned sample from a supermarket in Yuen Long for testing under its routine Food Surveillance Programme. The test result showed that the sample contained a mycotoxin, patulin, at a level of 78 micrograms per kilogram, exceeding the legal limit of 50 micrograms per kilogram of the food. Patulin mostly occurs in rotten apple and its products. Animal studies have shown that ingesting high doses of patulin can induce liver, spleen and kidney damage, as well as toxicity to the immune system. For humans, nausea, gastrointestinal disturbances and vomiting have been reported.
Consumer action: Not to consume the affected batch of the product.