104,000. This is the quantity of packets of sliced white sandwich bread that the Japanese brand Pasco has decided to recall. The company faces a discovery that is surprising to say the least. In fact, rat remains were found in two packages of sandwich bread, reports CNN Thursday May 9, 2024, relayed by The Parisian .
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Production line shut down
The agri-food company published a press release on Wednesday May 8, 2024, in which it indicates that it has opened an internal investigation to understand how the pieces of a “small animal” could have ended up in packages of sandwich bread.
The company later confirmed to CNN that it was the remains of a rat and indicated that “countermeasures” needed to be put in place to resolve the problem. She also announced that the production line concerned has been shut down.
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No patients recorded
The company, which has the third largest market share in Japan’s bread-making industry, is committed to “do everything possible to strengthen (its) quality controls so that this does not happen again”. “We deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers, business partners and all parties involved”she said.
Pasco insisted that no one had fallen ill after consuming the product, manufactured in a factory in Tokyo prefecture. A form has been set up on the company’s website so that customers with a package that was manufactured on the same line as those incriminated can be reimbursed.
While certain Pasco products can be sold in the United States, Canada, China, Australia and Singapore, the product that was recalled was not exported, a company spokesperson told AFP. CNN.
Several reports in Japan recently
Japan is known for its high health standards. But lately, there have been a few product recalls.
In August 2023, cockroaches were found in Warabeya Nichiyo brand rice balls, sold at a 7-eleven grocery store north of Tokyo. In April 2024, 600 students in Miyagi prefecture, in the northeast of the country, fell ill after drinking the milk offered in their establishment, recalls The Parisian.
