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| Ready meals in glass scare recall | Ready meals in glass scare recall |
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| Major supermarkets are withdrawing thousands of ready meals following concerns they contain glass fragments. | Major supermarkets are withdrawing thousands of ready meals following concerns they contain glass fragments. |
| The Food Standards Agency put out an alert on its website listing the 28 Asda, Sainsbury's and Birds Eye rice-based products concerned. | The Food Standards Agency put out an alert on its website listing the 28 Asda, Sainsbury's and Birds Eye rice-based products concerned. |
| Each company is recalling affected stock, and consumers can take any products they have back to stores. | Each company is recalling affected stock, and consumers can take any products they have back to stores. |
| All the products were manufactured by Rye Valley Foods, which is based in the Republic of Ireland. | All the products were manufactured by Rye Valley Foods, which is based in the Republic of Ireland. |
| The immediate concern has been for the safety of customers Rye Valley Foods spokesman | The immediate concern has been for the safety of customers Rye Valley Foods spokesman |
| Notices alerting people to the problem will appear in newspapers. | Notices alerting people to the problem will appear in newspapers. |
| Some of the ready meals have already been pulled from shop shelves. | Some of the ready meals have already been pulled from shop shelves. |
| An FSA spokeswoman said: "We are advising consumers that if they have any of the affected batches at home that they should not eat them but return them to the store for a refund." | An FSA spokeswoman said: "We are advising consumers that if they have any of the affected batches at home that they should not eat them but return them to the store for a refund." |
| A spokesman for Rye Valley Foods, based in Carrickmacross County Monaghan, said: "The problem was discovered after around 20 complaints were made by customers who had found small, rounded fragments of glass in rice-based frozen ready meals. | A spokesman for Rye Valley Foods, based in Carrickmacross County Monaghan, said: "The problem was discovered after around 20 complaints were made by customers who had found small, rounded fragments of glass in rice-based frozen ready meals. |
| "We are not aware of anyone being hurt, but the immediate concern has been for the safety of customers. | "We are not aware of anyone being hurt, but the immediate concern has been for the safety of customers. |
| "Companies we supply have been alerted and have withdrawn any batches that may be affected from their warehouses." | "Companies we supply have been alerted and have withdrawn any batches that may be affected from their warehouses." |
| Both Asda and Sainsbury said any customer with affected products should return them and can receive a full refund. | Both Asda and Sainsbury said any customer with affected products should return them and can receive a full refund. |
| A Sainsbury spokesman said: "As a precautionary measure we have withdrawn four frozen ready meals from our stores due to potential contamination. No other products are affected and we apologise to our customers for the inconvenience this may cause." | |
| An Asda spokeswoman said the total number of packets being pulled from the supermarket chain would run into thousands. | |
| "Obviously we observe the highest possible standard when it comes to the content of our food and this seems to be a genuine one-off," an Asda spokeswoman said. | |
| A spokesperson from Birds Eye said: "There is a low level risk that four of our curry products may contain small amounts of glass which are not sharp. However, in order to protect our customers, we are taking the precautionary measure of recalling the potentially affected products." | |
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| The products being recalled are: | The products being recalled are: |
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