CONSUMER ALERT - EFET Withdraws Easter Egg Dye Over Safety Fears

Regional authorities in Attica together with the Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) on Thursday called for the withdrawal from the Greek market of a dye for Easter eggs selling under the brand name Radix Cut after inspections (with the General Chemical State Laboratory ) showed it contained the extract of a plant that is toxic, and unsafe.

Also, and following the analytical results issued by the General Chemical State Laboratory and the Press Release of EFET of the 8th of April 2013, the two samples of the company “P. G. NIKAS AVEE” (in greek «Π. Γ. ΝΙΚΑΣ ΑΒΕΕ») of “NIKAS Bovine” product type (in greek: «ΝΙΚΑΣ ΜΟΣΧΑΡΙ») which had been produced by bovine meat, originated from ITALY, and found positive in horse DNA, were found positive also to phenylobutazone.

We inform the consumers that these products have been already withdrawn from the market by the end of March 2013 and are no longer placed on the market.

More information regarding the presence of horse DNA in products of bovine meat, can be found in EFET’s website: http://portal.efet.gr/portal/page/portal/efetnew/horse_meat_alert