New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is supporting Alphagen NZ Limited in its recall of specific batches of Ārepa brand The Brain Drink as it may cause injury due to a packaging fault (chipped top of glass bottle).
NZFS has so far received one notification of an associated injury from the affected product.
“The concern with some 300ml bottles of Ārepa’s The Brain Drink for Performance is that due to a packaging fault the glass on the top of the bottle maybe chipped,” says NZFS deputy director-general, Vincent Arbuckle.
Batch details of the specific products are on the NZFS recall page.
Food recall: Ārepa brand The Brain Drink for Performance.
“If you have any of these affected products at home, don’t drink them. You can return them to the place of purchase for a refund. If that’s not possible, throw them out.”
The affected products – which are sold at supermarkets and retailers nationwide – have been removed from store shelves.
They have been exported to Australia and NZFS has contacted the relevant authorities.
“As is our usual practice, NZFS will work with Alphagen to understand how this happened and implement corrective actions,” says Mr Arbuckle.
