Consumers urged to return Knorr Cup-a-Soup Lite beef, vegetable products

• Published date: 16 May 2022
• Publication title: South African Official News

The National Consumer Commission has called on consumers in possession of Knorr-Cup-a-Soup Lite Beef and Vegetable to discontinue use of the product and return it to the point of sale for a full refund.

According to Acting National Consumer Commissioner, Thezi Mabuza, the supplier of the product informed the Commission of the precautionary recall of Knorr Cup-a-Soup Lite Beef and Vegetable.

'The manufacturer, Unilever South Africa informed the Commission that Knorr Cup-a-Soup Regular-Beef and Vegetable instant soup variant sachets were incorrectly packed into the Knorr Cup-a-Soup Lite Beef and Vegetable instant soup variant cartons.

'We understand that this means that consumers could unwillingly consume the Knorr Cup-a-Soup Lite Beef and Vegetable variant, which unintentionally contains the undeclared wheat and gluten,' Mabuza said on Saturday.

The affected products were manufactured on 23 March 2022 with an expiry date of...