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FDA recalls coagulated milk products from market

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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), says it is recalling some batches of coagulated milk products from Nestle Ghana Limited off the market.

It follows widespread complaints from consumers of the products – Ideal and Carnation Milk. The food regulatory body in a statement disclosed that several batches of the products have been recalled after a “comprehensive regulatory action” and a microbial laboratory analysis of samples of the product at the factory.

According to the FDA, a total of 57, 938 cans of the products have been retrieved by Nestle across the country as of January 9, 2022.

Results from the analysis indicated that there was no microbial contamination of samples and therefore there is no food safety issue with the said coagulated milk products from Nestle.

The analysis also confirmed that there was no leaching of dangerous chemicals from the inner (lacquer) lining into the milk product.

The statement noted that the root cause analysis indicates that the skimmed milk powder used to produce the milk had poor heat stability.

This results in the denaturing of the protein, leading to the coagulation of the milk. The Authority says the denatured protein, however, poses no health risk adding that it is monitoring the process slowly.

It, therefore, urged persons in possession of ideal and Carnation milk to return them to Nestle or any FDA offices nationwide.

The Authority further assures the public that its Industrial Support Department continues to work with Nestle to ensure that the quality defect would not recur.

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