Three fiery flavours of the Samyang instant ramen line are being withdrawn: Buldak 3x Spicy & Hot Chicken, 2x Spicy & Hot Chicken and Hot Chicken Stew.

Denmark’s food agency issued the recall and warning on Tuesday, urging consumers to abandon the product.

It’s unknown if any specific incidents have prompted the Danish authorities into taking action.

  • ccunning@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    They were recalled because the level of Capsaicin has caused symptoms of poisoning in younger individuals

    Is it really “poisoning” if some subset of consumers can’t eat something?

    Like if some Danes are severely allergic to shellfish are they going to pull all crabs off the market?

    If it’s temporary until labeling standards can be defined and implemented, that makes sense to me but just blanket removal seems like an overreaction.

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      20 days ago

      To the doctor treating a patient, they don’t care about the legal definition. A poisoned patient is a poisoned patient.

      Additionally, “causing symptoms of” a thing is a very different statement from “causing”. Covid causes symptoms of the flu, for example.