If you like cheap junk food, you might have eaten this before:
Yes, this is the type of food you eat at 3am while watching Netflix before crying yourself to sleep. It’s not exactly the tastiest chocolate product out there, but it’s cheap and satisfies our inner glutton.
But then Lotte came out with a banana flavoured Choco Pie and people were intrigued. Here’s a snack I can eat even when I’m not depressed!
Unfortunately for all our inner gluttons, the snack will no longer be around.
Lotte’s Choco Banana Pie Recalled For Having Undeclared Almonds
Lotte’s Choco Pie Banana is being recalled because it contains almonds which were not declared on its packaging.
After the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a food recall alert on the chocolate snack, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) directed its Singapore importer, Sing Long Foodstuff Trading, to recall the product as well.
The recall is still going on.
Dangerous for those with allergies
In case you don’t know, this tasty snack is from South Korea. This particular batch comes in the 12-pack and has a best before the date of Nov 4, 2020.
If you’re wondering why a product was recalled just because it has some almonds, it’s not because consumers were outraged about eating almonds for no reason.
You see, some people are allergic to tree nuts such as almonds, and nut products, and eating it could be dangerous.
In the worst-case scenario, someone who has a serious allergic reaction could even die.
SFA said that those with such allergies who have bought the product should not consume it.
It added that the presence of almonds does not pose a food safety issue to consumers at large, except those who are allergic to tree nuts.
So, if you bought it and you don’t have any allergies, then you can either stuff yourself silly before you cry yourself to sleep or you could actually get a refund.
Those who are looking to exchange the product or get a refund for it can contact Sing Long Foodstuff Trading at 6284-5254.
Nothing has been said about the original Choco Pie, though, so please continue to stuff your face with that every night.
