Product recall

Nutrition & Food Science

ISSN: 0034-6659

Article publication date: 11 September 2009

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Citation

(2009), "Product recall", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 39 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2009.01739eab.008

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited


Product recall

Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 39, Issue 5.

Food, drink and ingredient manufacturers and processors should have a clear understanding of their vulnerability to product recall situations. The cost, availability and purpose of Product Recall insurance is increasingly misunderstood by food and drink businesses, according to experts.

A real-life product recall situation can prove very costly, as witnessed by the recent high-profile Irish pork recall, where supermarkets had to take the meat off the shelves after pig feed was contaminated with potentially harmful dioxins.

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