Health alert due to the presence of plastic in some candies

The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Aesan) has issued an alert on Wednesday about the presence of plastic fragments in the Cup Cake Candy product, from China, as reported in a statement.

Specifically, it is the Cup Cake Candy Dip&Lick product, from the Funny Candy brand, weighing 40 grams and corresponding to five different batches of the product.

According to the information available, the initial distribution has been to the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Asturias, the Canary Islands, Catalonia, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, the Basque Country, Extremadura, Galicia, Madrid, Melilla, Murcia and the Valencian Community.

Although, the Aesan has specified that “it is not ruled out that there may be redistributions to other autonomous communities.”

As a precautionary measure, people who have the products included in this alert at home are recommended to refrain from consuming them.

Aesan has been alerted by the competent authorities of Finland, through the European Food Alert Network (Rasff).

The information has been transferred to the competent authorities of the autonomous communities through the Coordinated System for Rapid Information Exchange (SCIRI), in order to verify the withdrawal of the affected products from the marketing channels.