Overview
- TK Maxx issued the consumer warning and recall on Friday after tests showed ochratoxin A levels in a single Bialetti coffee lot exceeded legal limits.
- The affected product is Bialetti Perfetto Moka Caramello 250 g (EAN 8006363076203), batch LC5 BD149 with best-before date 29.05.2027.
- Customers are told not to drink the coffee and may return affected packs to any TK Maxx store for a full refund; TK Maxx has published a PDF notice and given phone and email customer-service contacts.
- TK Maxx confirmed the lot was not sold via bialetti-shop.de and France’s recall portal RappelConso lists MaxiCoffee and Ponera as sellers of the same lot there, indicating cross-border distribution for that batch.
- Ochratoxin A is a fungus-produced toxin linked to kidney damage and possible cancer risk, the EU caps levels in roasted and soluble coffee under Regulation (EU) 2022/1370, and past testing has shown such exceedances in coffee are uncommon.