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Belgium pulls more Haagen-Dazs ice-creams from sale

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="In this file photo taken on December 8, 2017 Cups of US ice cream brand Haagen-Dazs, are seen on a production line in a plant in Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, northern France. The American group General Mills will voluntarily recall four batches of its vanilla ice creams that it markets in France under the brand name Häagen-Dazs after detecting traces of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic pesticide banned in Europe, it announced on July 6, 2022. Denis Charlet / AFP" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/07/11/ice-cream.jpg"/><figcaption>In this file photo taken on December 8, 2017 Cups of US ice cream brand Haagen-Dazs, are seen on a production line in a plant in Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, northern France. The American group General Mills will voluntarily recall four batches of its vanilla ice creams that it markets in France under the brand name Häagen-Dazs after detecting traces of ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic pesticide banned in Europe, it announced on July 6, 2022.<em> Denis Charlet / AFP</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>BRUSSELS - Belgium on Tuesday extended an order to recall certain Haagen-Dazs ice-creams from sale after the discovery of traces of a chemical linked to cancer, such as lymphoma and leukemia. </p><p>The move was triggered by an EU food safety alert and Spain and France have also issued recalls of several Haagen-Dazs products.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/11/22/batches-of-haagen-dazs-vanilla-ice-cream-pulled-from-hk-shelves">Batches of Haagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream pulled from Hong Kong shelves for containing banned pesticide</a></li></ul><p>After already recalling 10 products last Friday, the Belgian national food health agency added seven more Haagen-Dazs products to the list on Tuesday. </p><p>The latest move concerns tubs and minicups made by Haagen-Dazs, a brand owned by US manufacturer General Mills, with use-by dates of between March and April 2023, with flavours including Vanilla, Belgian Chocolate, Macadamia Nut Brittle and Pralines &amp; Cream.</p><p>Customers who had bought Haagen-Dazs products affected by the recalls were told not to eat them, destroy them and to contact General Mills for a refund.</p><p>The alert was relayed on the EU&#x27;s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed system at the request of France, which last month detected 2-Chloroethanol in checks on some Haagen-Dazs products, triggering the initial recall.</p><p>2-Chloroethanol is a compound found in ethylene oxide (ETO), a carcinogenic chemical used as a pesticide and cleaning chemical, and has properties that damage DNA. </p><p>General Mills said last week that &quot;trace levels of ETO can be sourced to one ingredient (vanilla extract) provided by one of our suppliers&quot;.</p><p>Outside the EU, Brazil&#x27;s ANVISA health monitoring agency last month issued its own alert over vanilla Haagen-Dazs products imported from France.</p><p>Despite its name, Haagen-Dazs does not have Nordic origins. It was founded by a Polish-Jewish couple in New York who gave it a brand they thought sounded Danish.</p><div><strong>csg/rmb/spm</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

Belgium on Tuesday extended an order to recall certain Haagen-Dazs ice-creams from sale after the discovery of traces of a chemical linked to cancer.