Sales of "Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream Pint" (473 milliliters); "Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream Mini cup" (100 milliliters); "Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream Mini cup" (75 milliliters); and "Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Ice Cream Bulk" (9.46 liters), with best-before dates from July 3, 2022 to July 17, 2023, have been stopped. A Centre for Food Safety spokesman urged the public not to consume the affected products if they had bought any. According to the information provided by the RASFF, the affected products have been imported into Hong Kong,” the spokesman said. The spokesman added that the Centre for Food Safety urged the importer to initiate a recall of the affected batches and that it will continue to follow up and take appropriate action. The European Union banned the use of ethylene oxide in the food industry as it is "carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic."

Source: The Standard July 10, 2022 11:43 UTC