[QUOTE]Unsafe levels of a paint thinner chemical have been found in gravy granules sold at Lidl, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said.
The supermarket has recalled two batches of Kania Gravy Granules after they were found to be contaminated with xylene.
Exposure to the chemical could, in severe cases, lead to heart problems.
Lidl customers have been advised not to eat the products, and return them to the store for a full refund.
The supermarket has published a recall notice but not given details of how the contamination may have occurred.
No-one from Lidl was immediately available for comment.
An alert from the FSA said exposure to xylene in food products posed a health risk.
"The contaminant levels in this [gravy granules] product exceed those set to minimise this risk and the product is therefore being recalled as a precaution," the FSA said.
Xylene is a petrochemical used as a solvent in products such as paints and inks.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38352738[/url]
Well, that's thrown a wrench into a couple of Christmas dinner plans, hasn't it?
How?? Does the same facility also process ink/paint products?
[QUOTE]Unsafe levels[/QUOTE]
What is the safe level of a paint thinner chemical?
[QUOTE=Bradyns;51543714]What is the safe level of a paint thinner chemical?[/QUOTE]
The level where you don't die
i knew lidl was bad but crikey
Xylenes are widely used for a number of applications. The contamination could have been from one of many other sources, not just paint thinner.
Protip: Don't shop at Lidl. They've always been bad, from the scandal in Sweden where their products were transported in literal garbage to stories from friends finding maggots in their chocolate bars.
When i went to Lidl once for the first time, i was shocked how shitty everything was. I could only find two products made in this country. I am not surprised in the quality
[QUOTE=Nanamil;51543720]The level where you don't die[/QUOTE]
This sounds like a stupid response but is in fact how you set safe levels. Granted you don't use death as the marker for safety, but the idea is the same. The human body is exposed to all kinds of shit on a daily basis and we have ways to get rid of it so that it doesn't harm us. You can carry out studies to figure out the level of exposure at which harmful effects start to be observed, and then set a safe limit that is usually way below that level.
[QUOTE=Zergeant;51543733]Protip: Don't shop at Lidl. They've always been bad, from the scandal in Sweden where their products were transported in literal garbage to stories from friends finding maggots in their chocolate bars.[/QUOTE]
[I]Isn't Lidl the shitty version of Aldi? Aldi is cheap, but here at least it's not bad.
[/I]edit: I was confusing aldi nord and aldi sud.
hehe jokes on you all, i buy my fruits and some vegetables in lidl and maybe something from their bakery section, didn't die yet, but that's it, wouldn't buy meat there or anything else really
[QUOTE=Grindigo;51543770]hehe jokes on you all, i buy my fruits and some vegetables in lidl and maybe something from their bakery section, didn't die yet, but that's it, wouldn't buy meat there or anything else really[/QUOTE]
Lidl in Portugal is not that bad either, the worst we've got is shitty electronics :v:
dunno if it's just a country by country thing, but Lidl is generally really good here, I usually get decent quality stuff from there
Making your own gravy is so much better and has none of the paint thinner.
[QUOTE=Jitterz;51543860]Making your own gravy is so much better and has none of the paint thinner.[/QUOTE]
alternatively, it has as much paint thinner as you desire
[QUOTE=Zergeant;51543733]Protip: Don't shop at Lidl. They've always been bad, from the scandal in Sweden where their products were transported in literal garbage to stories from friends finding maggots in their chocolate bars.[/QUOTE]
is Lidl a Euro thing or a Euro + London England thing
good god why would a food processing plant have any reason to use xylene around their machines
[QUOTE=Sableye;51543980]good god why would a food processing plant have any reason to use xylene around their machines[/QUOTE]
It's used as a solvent so it could be anything, really.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;51543714]What is the safe level of a paint thinner chemical?[/QUOTE]
So low that it won't hurt anybody.
Thats not how you thin gravy.
Good gravy.
[QUOTE=Sableye;51543980]good god why would a food processing plant have any reason to use xylene around their machines[/QUOTE]
Probably the maintenance department. It's a common solvent, my best guess would be some brake cleaner/parts cleaner used in making repairs to one of the machines that, in turn, makes the gravy, and the machine was put back into service before all of the chemicals were removed.
[QUOTE=ZakkShock;51544099]Good gravy.[/QUOTE]
No, it's the exact opposite of that.
[QUOTE=Reagy;51544097]Thats not how you thin gravy.[/QUOTE]
At least not unless your gravy is lead-based.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;51543714]What is the safe level of a paint thinner chemical?[/QUOTE]
A level that doesn't lead to health problems
Wut? Haven't heard a single bad thing about Lidl here in Finland.
is a luck even the Lidl in Italy are controlled to their maximum.
Is Lidl what mitchell and webb based their Didldidi jokes on?
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Baw66yAZQc[/media]
Do they have a reputation of selling cheap, really low quality items?
Lidl in poland is pretty ballin too
The biggest complaints people have about it is that its german which is a pretty usual complaint over here
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