Overview
- Germany’s official portal lebensmittelwarnung.de lists the Belgian products as distributed in 14 states, and customers are instructed to return jars for a refund even without a receipt.
- Separately, KoRo recalled four 380‑gram vegetable spreads with best‑before dates in February 2027 and is refunding purchases via an online form through 1 September 2025 or through in‑store returns.
- Both companies and health authorities describe the immediate risk as low, but the recalls are precautionary because legally set limits were exceeded.
- Ochratoxin A is a mycotoxin classified by agencies including EFSA and IARC as carcinogenic and genotoxic, with the kidney identified as a primary target organ.
- The contamination has been traced to sunflower seeds used as an ingredient, and affected items were sold through retailers including Rewe and Edeka.