The following notice has been issued by the manufacturer:
Warburtons Product Recall Statement
Warburtons can confirm that it is recalling the following product as a precautionary measure after testing procedures identified the possibility that small pieces of aluminium may have contaminated the product. The product has been distributed within Yorkshire, Lancashire, Merseyside, West Midlands, North Wales and Greater Manchester only.
The product affected is:
Warburtons 6 Pack Crumpets with a code W3, which will be visible at the end of a two-line code next to the Best Before date. For example:
- - - - W
- - - - 3
The products potentially affected feature the following dates:
Best Before 22/11/10
Best Before 23/11/10
Products with a Best Before Date before or after these dates, or those that do not have the code ending W3 are unaffected. No other Warburtons products, including '8 for 6' crumpets are affected.
A spokesperson for the business said: 'While only a small number of products may have been affected, we felt it responsible to withdraw these products from sale and hope this does not cause our consumers too much inconvenience. Safety is our number one priority and we are taking this situation very seriously. The source of the potential contamination has now been identified and appropriate corrective action has been taken to prevent reoccurrence.'
If our consumers have any of the identified products displaying the above dates and code, they should contact Warburtons Customer Careline on Freephone: 0800 377 7714 at which point they will be asked for details of the coding information. They should then destroy the product. Consumers affected will receive a full refund.
Telephone Freephone: 0800 377 7714
Or write to:
Customer Care
Warburtons Ltd
Hereford House
Hereford Street
Bolton
BL1 8JB
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