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Scoop
02-05-2025
- Health
- Scoop
Recall Of Specific Batches Of Ārepa Drinks As They May Cause Injury Due To A Packaging Fault
Press Release – NZ Food Safety The concern with some 300ml bottles of repas The Brain Drink for Performance is that due to a packaging fault the glass on the top of the bottle maybe chipped, says NZFS deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle. New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is supporting Alphagen NZ Limited in its recall of specific batches of Ārepa brand The Brain Drink as it may cause injury due to a packaging fault (chipped top of glass bottle). 'The concern with some 300ml bottles of Ārepa's The Brain Drink for Performance is that due to a packaging fault the glass on the top of the bottle maybe chipped,' says NZFS deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle. Batch details of the specific products are on the NZFS recall page. 'If you have any of these affected products at home, don't drink them. You can return them to the place of purchase for a refund. If that's not possible, throw them out.' The affected products – which are sold at supermarkets and retailers nationwide – have been removed from store shelves. They have been exported to Australia and NZFS has contacted the relevant authorities. Visit NZFS's recall page for batch details, up-to-date information and photographs of the affected product. NZFS has received a notification of associated injury. 'As is our usual practice, NZFS will work with Alphagen to understand how this happened and implement corrective actions,' says Mr Arbuckle. The vast majority of food sold in New Zealand is safe, but sometimes problems can occur. Help keep yourself and your family safe by subscribing to our recall alerts. Information on how to subscribe is on the NZFS food recall page.
NZ Herald
02-05-2025
- Health
- NZ Herald
Batches of Ārepa's Brain Drink recalled after chipped glass injury
'If you have any of these affected products at home, don't drink them. You can return them to the place of purchase for a refund. If that's not possible, throw them out,' Arbuckle said. NZFS said it received notification of an associated injury and would work with Alphagen. 'As is our usual practice, NZFS will work with Alphagen to understand how this happened and implement corrective actions,' Arbuckle said. Code breach In 2023, Alphagen was told to remove health claims from its drinks after it promised that The Brain Drink 'makes brains work better'. The Herald published a full assessment of some of the brand's claims, titled 'Brain drink or fancy juice?' before action was taken by NZFS. Alphagen then posted a note on its website noting that some of its claims had not been substantiated. 'Some of our health claims are in breach of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. Health claims attributed to Enzogenol (pine bark extract) and L-theanine have not been substantiated. Health claims attributed to the vitamin C content do not identify that vitamin C is responsible for the health benefit. We will be working with New Zealand Food Safety to remove or correct the health claims on the Ārepa product labels and advertising material.' The products later returned to market with pared-back labelling.
RNZ News
02-05-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Some Ārepa drinks recalled after person injured by chipped bottle
Photo: LEE XIE A company is recalling specific batches of its drinks after the food safety watchdog was alerted to a person injured by a chipped bottle. Alphagen NZ Limited creates health drinks and other products under the brand Ārepa. Customers who bought the 300ml version of one of those products "The Brain Drink" are asked to not drink them due to a packaging fault which may have caused glass on the top of the bottle to chip. The batches of concern for this problem had the codes 28629 and 28630. New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle said they had been notified of an injury. "As is our usual practice, NZFS will work with Alphagen to understand how this happened and implement corrective actions." Arbuckle said people should not consume affected products. "You can return them to the place of purchase for a refund. If that's not possible, throw them out." The affected products - which are sold at supermarkets and retailers nationwide - have been removed from store shelves. They have been exported to Australia and NZFS has contacted the relevant authorities. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Scoop
02-05-2025
- Health
- Scoop
Recall Of Specific Batches Of Ārepa Drinks As They May Cause Injury Due To A Packaging Fault
New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is supporting Alphagen NZ Limited in its recall of specific batches of Ārepa brand The Brain Drink as it may cause injury due to a packaging fault (chipped top of glass bottle). 'The concern with some 300ml bottles of Ārepa's The Brain Drink for Performance is that due to a packaging fault the glass on the top of the bottle maybe chipped,' says NZFS deputy director-general Vincent Arbuckle. Batch details of the specific products are on the NZFS recall page. 'If you have any of these affected products at home, don't drink them. You can return them to the place of purchase for a refund. If that's not possible, throw them out.' The affected products - which are sold at supermarkets and retailers nationwide - have been removed from store shelves. They have been exported to Australia and NZFS has contacted the relevant authorities. Visit NZFS's recall page for batch details, up-to-date information and photographs of the affected product. NZFS has received a notification of associated injury. 'As is our usual practice, NZFS will work with Alphagen to understand how this happened and implement corrective actions,' says Mr Arbuckle. The vast majority of food sold in New Zealand is safe, but sometimes problems can occur. Help keep yourself and your family safe by subscribing to our recall alerts. Information on how to subscribe is on the NZFS food recall page.
