Coles peanut butter recall after cancer-causing toxin found
Coles has issued a major product recall after two of its home-brand peanut butter products were found to be contaminated with a toxin.
Coles Smooth Peanut Butter 1kg and Coles Crunchy Peanut Butter 1kg jars sold between the of May and June this year have been recalled nationally due to aflatoxin contamination.
Aflatoxin is a biotoxin that can cause injury or illness if consumed.
It comes from a family of toxins that is found on crops including corn and peanuts.
Exposure to aflatoxins has been associated with an increased risk of liver cancer.
Coles is recalling two peanut butter products after a potentially toxic contamination.
Food Standards has warned consumers not to eat the product and to return it to their place of purchase.
Customers should beware of any product with the best before date of 5 February 2027.
Anyone concerned about their health should seek medical advice.
Anyone who bought the peanut butter products can return the jars to any Coles supermarket for a full refund, online customers can contact Coles Online Customer Care.
Coles apologised to customers 'for any inconvenience'.
Read related topics: Coles
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Brendan Kearns is a cadet journalist with News Corp Australia. He has written for The Australian, the Herald Sun, the Geelong Advertiser, CHOICE, Cosmos, and The Citizen. He won Democracy's Watchdogs' Student Award for Investigative Journalism 2024 and hosted the third season of award-winning podcast Uncurated. He studied as Master of Journalism at The University of Melbourne, before that he worked as a video producer and disability worker.
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