LIDL has recalled six popular types of cookie over fears they contain shards of metal.
Some batches of the sweet treats could be contaminated and “unsafe to eat”, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) warns.
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The health alert applies to:
- Tower Gate Half Coated Chocolate Chunk Cookies (200g) – best before December 6, 2024
- Tower Gate Half Coated Fruit & Nut Cookies (200g) – best before December 6, 2024
- McEnnedy American Way Nougatelli (175g) – best before December 10, 2024
- Tower Gate Soft Baked Cookies Triple Chocolate (210g) – best before December 12, 2024
- Tower Gate Soft Baked Cookies Lemon (210g) – best before December 13, 2024
- Tower Gate Chocolate Chip Cookies (150g) – best before December 14, 2024
“These products may contain pieces of metal which makes them unsafe to eat,” the FSA said.
“If you have bought the above products, do not eat them.
“Instead, return them to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.”
You can get your money back with or without a receipt, it added.
A Lidl spokesperson said: “We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your cooperation.”
Recall notices are on display in stores and online.
Swallowing sharp objects like metal and plastic can injure the teeth, mouth and oesophagus (food pipe), and be a choking risk.
If fragments make it further into the body, this can puncture the intestines and cause internal bleeding in severe cases.
You should always seek urgent medical help if you think you have swallowed something made of metal.
If you or someone near you is choking, follow the guidance below.
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What to do if someone is choking
Mild choking
If the airway is only partly blocked, the person will usually be able to speak, cry, cough or breathe, and may be able to clear the blockage themselves.
In adults:
- Encourage them to keep coughing
- Ask them to try to spit out the object
- Don’t put your fingers in their mouth
- If coughing doesn’t work, start back blows
In children:
- If you can see the object, try to remove it (but don’t poke blindly)
- Encouraging coughing
- Shout for help if coughing isn’t effective or the child is silent
- Use back blows if the child is still conscious but not coughing
Severe choking
In adults:
Where choking is severe, the person won’t be able to speak, cry, cough or breathe.
Without help, they’ll eventually become unconscious, so you should carry out back blows.
In children:
Back blows can be carried out on children under one year.
If this doesn’t work, chest thrusts can be started on kids up to 12 months old, and abdominal thrusts on those over one year.
Call 999 if the blockage doesn’t come out after trying back blows and either chest or abdominal thrusts.
Keep trying this cycle until help arrives.
Even if the object has come out, get medical help. Part of the object might have been left behind, or the patient might have been hurt by the procedure.
Source: NHS