Lidl has many star products for this Christmas season, among them the chocolate advent calendar, a Christmas product that has had to be withdrawn from the market due to possible contamination of the product by salmonellosis. This long-awaited product for adults and the household’s youngest members were on sale on October 12 and remained on sale until December 5.
The possible salmonella contamination was detected through routine quality control tests of its products. Upon detection, Lidl proceeded to withdraw this calendar from the market as soon as possible. However, it should note that no consumers have been alerted about this disease concerning this product. It should bear in mind that salmonella poisoning involves diarrhea, fever, and stomach pains.
Lidl’s advent calendar that could contain salmonellosis
Salmonellosis is a disease that can especially affect children, which in the most serious cases, may even require hospitalization. If you have bought this calendar for your children, nieces, nephews, etc., it is best to remove the product immediately and go to the doctor if symptoms occur. The bar code to identify it is 4056489516965, so if your advent calendar does not match this numbering or is of another brand despite being sold in Lidl, you are out of danger.
Foods that are withdrawn from the market endanger the health of their consumers
In general, we have to be careful with all those products we frequently add to our shopping cart, which can be discontinued for our well-being. That is not the first, and certainly not the last, product that Lidl must quickly withdraw from the market to avoid illnesses to its consumers.
Accessing consumer blogs is the best way to be aware of foods containing diseases, off-label allergens, or other health risks. There, customers communicate to alert each other about possible contraindications in the products we consume. In addition, these forums also publish real news about foods withdrawn from the market so that, if we have any of them in our fridge, we can return them to the store as soon as possible.
These types of platforms should be taken into account to keep informed about products that are discontinued. Still, it is unnecessary to be over-informed or become paranoid about it.