Cow & Gate recalls batch of baby food after 'insects discovered in it'

Packets of Cow & Gate's Sunny Start My First Banana Muesli have been recalled on a 'precautionary basis'

Alexandra Sims
Saturday 31 October 2015 15:14 GMT
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The company apologised for the error and warned parents not to give their children the muesli
The company apologised for the error and warned parents not to give their children the muesli

A major baby food company has recalled tens of thousands of packets of banana muesli after reports people have "found insects in them".

Tens of thousands of packets of Cow & Gate's Sunny Start My First Banana Muesli, made for babies aged 10 months and over, were recalled on a “precautionary basis”, a statement on the Food Standards Agency’s website said.

“This product is not suitable for consumption because the presence of foreign bodies such as insect,” said the statement.

“Cow & Gate has recalled the affected batch, notified its customers and displayed point-of-sale recall notices in stores,” it added.

Nineteen complaints over moth larvae in the food were received from across the UK, a Cow & Gate spokesman, Helen Messenger, told the Telegraph, leading to 19,000 packets being recalled.

The company apologised and warned parents not to give their children the muesli, which has a best before date of 27 September 2016.

One customer tweeted a photo of a soiled Cow & Gate muesli product earlier this month, after discovering a “spider''s web” and "maggot” inside it:

Cow & Gate said they received a “small number of complaints” about the batch of muesli and none of its other products were affected.

The company said: “We are very sorry that this has happened and can assure you that an immediate investigation has been initiated at our factory.”

Additional reporting by Associated Press

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