Hong Kong affected by international recall over glass-tainted Stella Artois beer
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The Hong Kong branch of Belgian beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev has launched a recall of more than 50,000 bottles of Stella Artois beer in the city, which might have been tainted with particles of glass during manufacturing.
The measure was taken as the local branch of Anheuser-Busch InBev followed a recall in the US and Canada involving two batches of 330-millilitre bottles with best-before dates on September 15, 2018 (package code: 55, time stamp: 23:00-23:59) and September 16, 2018 (package code: 55, time stamp: 0:00-18:00).
On Tuesday, Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety urged the public not to consume beer from the two affected batches, saying it might contain glass particles.
A centre spokesman said that according to the information provided by the importer, a total of 2,160 cartons, each containing 24 bottles, of the affected batches had been brought into Hong Kong, and all of them had been distributed.
Traders should also stop using or selling bottles from the affected batches immediately, he added.